French ship Actif (1767)

Actif was Citoyen class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Actif.
History
France
Name: Actif
Namesake: "Active"
Ordered: 5 March 1743
Builder: Brest[1]
Laid down: April 1767[1]
Launched: 5 October 1767[1]
Decommissioned: 1783[1]
In service: April 1768[1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Citoyen class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1500 tonnes
Length: 55.1 metres
Beam: 14.1 metres
Draught: 6.8 metres
Propulsion: Sail
Armament:
Armour: Timber

Career

Actif was built partly with timber recycled from Actif, a 64-gun ship.[1]

She took part in the Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778 under Estienne d'Orves.[1][2] The year after, she was in the Channel as part of Orvilliers's squadron, but she suffered an epidemic that disabled 222 of her crew, and was forced to return to Brest.[1]

In 1780, she was under La Cardonnie, and cruised off Cadiz and Saint-Vincent. She captured the British Hercule, Wright, master, off Saint-Vincent.[3]

On 14 and 15 April 1781, as she was cruising under Brun de Boades, Actif fought an action against the 64-gun HMS Nonsuch.[1]

In February 1782, she cruised off England under Allart de Suville.[1]

Fate

Actif was sold in 1784.

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. Roche (2005), p. 19-20.
    2. Troude (1867), p. 7.
    3. Archives nationales (2011), p. 277.

    Bibliography

    • Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-23-3.
    • Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion.
    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 325–6. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
    • Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). 2. Challamel ainé. OCLC 836362484.

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