French frigate Bravoure (1795)

Bravoure ("Bravery") was a 40-gun Cocarde-class frigate of the French Navy.

History
France
Name	Bravoure
Builder	Saint Servan
Laid down	October 1793
Launched	November 1795
Completed	November 1796
Fate	Wrecked 10 September 1801
General characteristics
Class and type	Cocarde-class frigate
Type	frigate
Tons burthen	902 tons [1]
Length	144 ft 3 in (43.97 m) (overall); 119 ft 8+1⁄2 in (36.487 m) (keel)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Complement	308
Armament	40 guns: 28 × 12-pounder long guns 12 × 6-pounder long guns
Armour	Timber

She was launched in November 1795 in Saint Servan. She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, and later served in Ganteaume's squadron. On 28 January 1801, she fought an indecisive battle against HMS Concorde. In June of the same year, under commander Dordelin, she ferried artillery pieces from Toulon to Elba with Succès; on the way back, she encountered HMS Concorde again in the Tyrrhenian Sea on 10 September 1801, but this time Concorde was accompanied by two other frigates. To avoid capture, she beached herself off Elba and became a total loss.[2][3]