French ship Brave (1781)

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NameBrave
NamesakeBrave
BuilderRochefort
Laid downOctober 1779
Launched6 June 1781
In serviceNovember 1781
Out of service1801
FateHulked 1799
General characteristics
Class & type Argonaute-class ship of the line
Displacement2,943 tonneaux
Tons burthen1,424 port tonneaux
Length55.2 m (181 ft 1 in)
Beam14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draught7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
PropulsionSail
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • 28 × 36-pounders
  • 30 × 18-pounders
  • 16 × 8-pounders
  • Later razéed to 52
ArmourTimber

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

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.

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