French ship Séduisant (1783)

Séduisant was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.

A 74-gun French ship of the line similar to Séduisant
History
France
Name	Séduisant
Namesake	As Séduisant; French: "Seducing" As Pelletier; Louis-Michel le Pelletier[Note 1]
Ordered	1 June 1782
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	August 1782
Launched	5 July 1783
Commissioned	1783
Renamed	Pelletier on 30 September 1793 Séduisant again on 30 May 1795
Fate	Wrecked, 16 December 1796
General characteristics
Class & type	Séduisant-class ship of the line
Displacement	1,550 tonnes
Length	56.3 m (184 ft 9 in)
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught	7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Complement	600
Armament	74 guns

She was renamed Pelletier on 30 September 1793, in honour of Louis Michel le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau. Under Savary, she was one of the last ships of the line at the Glorious First of June.

On 30 May 1795 her name was changed back to Séduisant. She sank accidentally on 16 December 1796 while leaving Brest for the Expédition d'Irlande. Out of 600 crew and 610 soldiers, only 60 survived. Other sources speak of 650–680 survivors.^[1] The wreck was rediscovered in 1986.^[2]

Notes

1. Variously spelt Peletier, Pelletier, Lepeletier or Lepelletier.