French ship Heureux (1782)
The Heureux was a Centaure class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
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| Name | Heureux |
| Namesake | "Merry" |
| Ordered | 15 February 1782 |
| Builder | Toulon |
| Laid down | 12 May 1782 |
| Launched | 19 December 1782 |
| In service | April 1783 |
| Captured | 2 August 1798 |
| Fate | Burnt 29 August 1798 |
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| Class and type | Centaure class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 1530 tonnes |
| Length | 54.6 m (179 ft) |
| Beam | 14.3 m (47 ft) |
| Draught | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Armament | 74 guns |
| Armour | Timber |
She cruised in the Mediterranean in 1794 and 1795.
Under Captain Jean-Pierre Etienne, she took part in the Expedition to Egypt, and in the Battle of the Nile. The first ship to spot the British fleet on 1 August, Heureux fought the next day and was forced to strike her colours. Too badly damaged for repairs, she was burnt on 29 August 1798.[1]
Notes
- Winfield, Rif (2017). French warships in the age of sail 1626-1786 : design, construction, careers and fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-4738-9351-1.
References
- Demerliac, Cmdt. Alain, Nomenclature des navires français de 1774 a 1792. Editions ANCRE, Nice.
- Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.
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