| Pégase-class ship of the line | |
|---|---|
| Class overview | |
| Name: | Pégase |
| Operators: |
 French Navy Royal Navy |
| Completed: | 6 [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Pégase class |
| Tons burthen: | 1500 tonnes[2] |
| Length: | 55.2 metres[2] |
| Beam: | 14.3 metres[2] |
| Draught: | 6.8 metres[2] |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Armament: |
74 to 78 guns of various weights of shot |
The Pégase class was type of 74-gun ships, designed by engineer Antoine Groignard.[2] It comprised six ships:[1]
Ships[]
- Pégase[2]
- Builder: Brest
- Ordered: 13 July 1781
- Launched: 5 October 1781
- Fate: Captured by HMS Queen in 1782; deleted in 1815
- Builder: Rochefort
- Ordered: 13 July 1781
- Launched: 24 July 1782
- Fate: Captured at the Battle of Cape Noli; retaken in the Action of 7 October 1795; sold at Cadiz in June 1799
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 13 July 1781
- Launched: 16 February 1782
- Fate: Burnt at the end of the Siege of Toulon. Raised in 1805 and scrapped in 1808.
- Builder: Lorient
- Ordered: 13 July 1781
- Launched: 13 March 1782
- Fate: Surrendered to the British by her Royalist crew during the Siege of Toulon; flew to England at the fall of the city; became a hulk in Portsmouth and Spithead; scrapped in 1816.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 13 July 1781
- Launched: 6 March 1782
- Fate: Burnt at the end of the Siege of Toulon. Raised in 1805 and scrapped in 1806.
- Alcide [7]
- Builder: Rochefort
- Ordered: 13 July 1781
- Launched: 25 May 1782
- Fate: Burnt during the Battle of Hyères Islands by her own heated shots, exploded.
Notes and References[]
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Bibliography[]
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 280. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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