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| History | |
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| Name | Courageuse |
| Builder | Rochefort [1] |
| Laid down | September 1777 [1] |
| Launched | 28 February 1778 [1] |
| In service | April 1778 [1] |
| Fate | Captured June 1799 |
| History | |
 UK | |
| Name | HMS Courageuse |
| Acquired | By capture June 1799 |
| Fate | Last listed 1803 |
| General characteristics [1][2][3] | |
| Class and type | Concorde class 12-pounder frigate |
| Displacement | 1,100 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 932 (bm) |
| Length | list error: <br /> list (help) 145 ft 0 in (44.20 m) (overall); 121 ft 8 in (37.08 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 39 ft 0 in (11.89 m) |
| Draught | 4.38 m (14.4 ft) (unladen) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Complement | 255 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) Upperdeck:26 x 12-pounder long guns Quarterdeck: 6 x 6-pounder guns |
Courageuse was a 12-pounder Concorde class frigate of the French Navy. She was launched in 1778. The British captured her in 1799 and thereafter used her as a receiving ship or prison hulk, at Malta, before breaking her up in 1802.
Career
In 1790, under Captain[Note 1] de Grasse-Briançon, Courageuse was part of the Toulon squadron under Vice-admiral de Poute de Nieuil.[4] From 2 August, she ferried troops and civil commissioners to Corsica, and cruised in the area before making a port call to Ajaccio and eventually returning to Toulon on 30 October.[5]
In 1792, under Captain de La Croix de Saint-Vallier, Courageuse sailed off Smyrna, Saloniki and Tripoli, returning to Smyrna on 6 December.[6] In January 1793, she escorted a convoy to Marseille, and from there returned to Toulon, arriving on 12 May.[7]
Courageuse took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver in the winter of 1794-1795,[8] under Captain Dalbarade.[9] She was part of the naval division under Rear-admiral Renaudin, which arrived in Toulon on 2 April 1795.[10]
In the summer of 1795, she was part of the station of the Gulf of Roses, under Lieutenant Pourquier,[11][12][Note 2] supporting the Army of the Pyrenees in the Siege of Roses.[13] On 9 July, she defended herself against a Spanish squadron,[14] composed of 16 gunboats, supported by three frigates and two ships of the line. Courageuse, supported by artillery fire from French-held forts, successfully fended off the attack.[13]
In the fleet of Toulon, Courageuse took part in the Mediterranean campaign of 1798; after the Battle of the Nile, she was armed en flûte and ferried supplies for the French Army in Egypt and Syria.[15]
Under Captain Trullet,[1] Courageuse was part of the Syrian naval station under Rear-admiral Perrée.[16] She ferried artillery and ammunition of the French Army besieging Acre; on 9 April 1799, she captured the British gunboat Foudre.[16]
HMS Centaur captured Courageuse in the Action of 18 June 1799.[16]
Fate
French sources report that Courageuse was used as a prison hulk for French prisoners at Port Mahon.[17]
British sources report that the British commissioned Courageuse under Commander John Richards.[2] She served as a receiving or prison ship at Malta where she was broken up in 1802.[3]
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
- ^ "Major de vaisseau"; Fonds Marine, p.22
- ^ James' Naval History of Great Britain (vol.2 p.263) gives his first name as "Honoré".
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Roche, p.131
- ^ a b Winfield (2008), p.209.
- ^ a b Winfield and Roberts (2015 forthcoming), Chap. 5.
- ^ Fonds Marine, p.22
- ^ Fonds Marine, p.26
- ^ Fonds Marine, p.33
- ^ Fonds Marine, p.52
- ^ Troude, vol.2, p.405
- ^ Fonds Marine, p.121
- ^ Troude, vol.2, p.408
- ^ Roche, p.269
- ^ Fonds Marine, p.132
- ^ a b Troude, vol.2, p.447
- ^ Fonds Marine, p.136
- ^ Troude, vol.3, p.94
- ^ a b c Fonds Marine, p.229
- ^ Fonds Marine, p.240
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé.
- Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 3. Challamel ainé.
- Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 482 (1790-1826) [1]
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461.
- Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015 Forthcoming) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1862: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042