French frigate Bravoure (1795)

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History
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NameBravoure
BuilderSaint Servan
Laid downOctober 1793
LaunchedNovember 1795
CompletedNovember 1796
FateWrecked 10 September 1801
General characteristics
Class & type Cocarde-class frigate
Typefrigate
Displacement1190 tonneaux
Tons burthen590 port tonneaux
Length
  • 144 ft 3 in (43.97 m) (overall);
  • 119 ft 8+12 in (36.487 m) (keel)
Beam37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Complement308
Armament
ArmourTimber

Bravoure ("Bravery") was a 40-gun Cocarde-class frigate of the French Navy.

She was launched in November 1795 in Saint Servan. She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, and later served in Ganteaume's squadron. On 28 January 1801, she fought an indecisive battle against HMS Concorde. In June of the same year, under commander Dordelin, she ferried artillery pieces from Toulon to Elba with Succès; on the way back, she encountered HMS Concorde again in the Tyrrhenian Sea on 10 September 1801, but this time Concorde was accompanied by two other frigates. To avoid capture, she beached herself off Elba and became a total loss. [1] [2]

Citations

  1. "THE HAMBURGH MAIL". The Times. No. 5232. London. 9 October 1801. col B-C, p. 3.
  2. Roche, p.84

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