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French frigate Bravoure (1795)

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History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameBravoure
BuilderSaint Servan
Laid downOctober 1793
LaunchedNovember 1795
CompletedNovember 1796
FateWrecked 10 September 1801
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Typefrigate
Tons burthen902 tons [1]
Length
  • 144 ft 3 in (43.97 m) (overall);
  • 119 ft 8+12 in (36.487 m) (keel)
Beam37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Complement308
Armament
ArmourTimber

Bravoure ("Bravery") was a 40-gun Template:Sclass- of the French Navy.

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.[citation needed] To avoid capture, she beached herself[citation needed] off Elba and became a total loss.[2]

Sources and references

  1. ^ HMS Alexandria, Naval Database
  2. ^ "THE HAMBURGH MAIL". The Times. No. 5232. London. 9 October 1801. col B-C, p. 3. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 84. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.