French ship Cassard (1795)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Cassard and French ship Brave.
Cassard was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was renamed Dix-août in 1798, in honour of the events of 10 August 1792, and subsequently Brave in 1803.
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Scale model of the Brave, probably made by French sailor prisoners in Great Britain, Art Gallery of Ontario | |
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France | |
Name | Cassard |
Namesake | |
Ordered | 16 February 1793 |
Builder | Lorient |
Laid down | August 1793 |
Launched | 2 May 1795 |
Renamed |
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Captured | 1806 |
United Kingdom | |
Acquired | 6 February 1806 |
Fate | Foundered attempting to reach Britain in April 1806. |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
Displacement |
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Length | 55.87 m (183 ft 4 in) (172 pied) |
Beam | 14.90 m (48 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 7.26 m (23 ft 10 in) (22 pied) |
Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
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