French ship Brave (1781)

The Brave was a 74-gun Argonaute class ship of the line of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Brave.
History
France
Name: Brave
Namesake: Brave
Builder: Rochefort
Laid down: October 1779
Launched: 6 June 1781
In service: November 1781
Out of service: 1801
General characteristics
Class and type: Argonaute class ship of the line
Displacement: 1500 tonnes
Length: 55.2 m (181 ft)
Beam: 14.3 m (47 ft)
Draught: 7.4 m (24 ft)
Propulsion: Sail
Armament:
  • 74 guns:
  • 28 36-pounders
  • 30 18-pounders
  • 16 8-pounders
  • Later rasé to 52
Armour: Timber

Commissioned in 1781, she was put in the reserve in 1788, but reactivated in March 1791. Two years later, she was decommissioned again, and razeed to a 52-gun frigate. She took part in the Biscay campaign of June 1795 under Captain Antoine René Thévenard.

She later served under Captain Rolland, and was used as a hulk in Toulon from 1798.

Sources and references
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 84. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.


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