French ship Auguste (1779)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Auguste and French ship Jacobin.
Auguste was an 80-gun ship of the line in the French Navy, laid down in 1777 and in active service from 1779. She took part in the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War and later in the French Revolutionary Wars, notably fighting at the Combat de Prairial. She was lost with most hands during the Croisière du Grand Hiver in January 1795.
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Auguste fighting at the Battle of the Chesapeake | |
History | |
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France | |
Name | Auguste |
Namesake | Augustus, Jacobin Club, Thermidorian Reaction |
Builder | Brest |
Laid down | December 1777[1] |
Launched | 18 September 1778[1] |
In service | March 1779[1] |
Fate | Foundered off Brest on 29 January 1795, most hands lost.[1] |
General characteristics | |
Type | 80-gun ship of the line |
Displacement | 1900 tonnes[1] |
Length | 60.4 m (198 ft)[1] |
Beam | 14.9 m (49 ft)[1] |
Draught | 7.8 m (26 ft)[1] |
Propulsion | Sail |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 780 |
Armament | 80 guns |
Armour | Timber |
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