French ship Duc de Bourgogne (1751)

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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Peuple and French ship Caton.
Launching of the Duc de Bourgogne
History
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NameDuc de Bourgogne
NamesakeDuke of Burgundy
BuilderRochefort
Laid downJanuary 1749
Launched20 October 1751
CompletedDecember 1752
Renamed
  • Laid down as Brave
  • renamed Peuple in September 1792
  • then Caton in February 1794
FateBroken up in 1856
General characteristics
Displacement3,400 tons
Tons burthen1,800 tons (port)
Length56.52 m (185.4 ft)
Beam14.46 m (47.4 ft)
Draught7.15 m (23.5 ft)
Depth of hold7.31 m (24.0 ft)
Propulsionsail
Sail planfull rigged
Complement850, +8/14 officers
Armament
  • 80 guns
  • 30 36-pounder guns
  • 32 18-pounder guns
  • 18 8-pounder guns

The Duc de Bourgogne was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

She was refitted twice, in and 1761 and 1779, having her hull coppered.

Under Chef d'Escadre Charles-Henri-Louis Arsac de Ternay, she was the flagship of the expeditionary corps that left on 2 May 1780 for the American war of Independence, and carried the Count of Rochambeau.

She took part in the Battle of the Saintes, where she collided with Bourgogne.[1]

In 1792, she was renamed Peuple, and Caton in 1794.

She was condemned in February 1798 at Brest, and eventually broken up in January 1800.[2]

Sources and references

  1. ^ "Histoire du vaisseau du Roi " La Bourgogne "". chez-alice.fr.
  2. ^ VAISSEAUX DE LIGNE FRANÇAIS DE 1682 À 1767
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