French ship Jupiter (1789)

Jupiter was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Jupiter.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Jupiter (1789), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
French Navy Ensign France
NameJupiter
Namesake
Ordered19 August 1787
BuilderBrest
Laid downJune 1788
Launched4 November 1789
CommissionedAugust 1790
Decommissioned1807
Renamed
  • Montagnard in 1794
  • Démocrate on 18 May 1795
  • Jupiter on 30 May 1795
  • Batave on 27 April 1798
FateBroken up in Brest in 1807
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 1,966 tonnes
  • 3,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

Career

In 1790, under Captain Belugat, Jupiter was part of the 1st Division of the Brest squadron, under Du Chilleau de La Roche, along with Apollon and the 32-gun frigate Surveillante, under Sarcé.[2] In August 1790, Captain Gouzillon de Bélizal took command, which he retained until 1791.[3]

Between 1791 and 1793, Jupiter was based in Saint-Domingue. In March 1794, she was renamed Montagnard. On 29 May, during the May 1794 Atlantic campaign, she encountered a British squadron; in the ensuing battle, she sustained damage which prevented her from taking part in the subsequent battle of the Glorious First of June itself.

She was renamed Démocrate on 18 May 1795, and back to Jupiter on 30 May. On 7 August, she took part in the recapture from the British of Censeur.

She was renamed Batave on 27 April 1798. The next year, she took part in the Cruise of Bruix.

Condemned in 1807, she was broken up in Brest.

Citations
  1. Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  2. Du Chilleau (1815), p. 10.
  3. Rouxel, Jean-Christophe. "André Marie GOUZILLON de BELIZAL". Parcours de vie dans la Royale. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

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