French ship Souverain (1757)
Souverain was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
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| History | |
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.svg.png.webp){kind=small}   France | |
| Name | Souverain |
| Namesake | "Sovereign" |
| Ordered | 25 October 1755 |
| Builder | Toulon |
| Laid down | December 1755 |
| Launched | 6 May 1757 |
| In service | November 1757 |
| Renamed | Peuple Souverain in September 1792 |
| Captured | 2 August 1798 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Great Britain | |
| Name | Guerrier |
| Acquired | 12 August 1798 |
| Fate | Guard ship, Broken up 1810 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Souverain-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 1536 tons (French) |
| Length | 53.3 m (175 ft) |
| Beam | 14.1 m (46 ft) |
| Draught | 7.1 m (23 ft) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
She took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake, in 1781. In 1792, she was renamed Peuple Souverain ("Sovereign People").
In 1798, she took part in the battle of the Nile. A shot from HMS Orion (at the rear of the British line) cut her cable and she drifted out of position,[1] later in the battle being captured by the British.[2]
She was subsequently recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Guerrier, but was in too bad a shape to serve in the high sea, so she was used as a guard ship. She was broken up in 1810.[3]
Citations
- Palmer, p. 10
- Crowdy, p. 47
- Winfield & Roberts p.105
References
- Crowdy, Terry (2005). French Warship Crews 1789–1805: From the French Revolution to Trafalgar. Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-745-X.
- Palmer, Michael A. (2005). Command at Sea: Naval Command and Control Since the Sixteenth Century. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-01681-5.
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2017). French warships in the age of sail, 1626-1786: design, construction, careers and fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781473893511.
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