French ship Bretagne (1766)

Model Brittany

  • Revolutionaire
  • 30 × 36 -pounder
  • 32 × 24 -pounder
  • 32 × 12 -pounder
  • 16 × 6- pounder

The French ship Bretagne had 110 guns and thus belonged to the first rank of a battleship. Later, the Brittany was renamed Revolutionaire.

Brittany was one of 17 ships of the line, who were appointed in 1762 as a result of the Duc de Choiseul campaign to raise funds for the Marine out of the cities and provinces of France. Brittany fought in the Battle of Ushant in 1778 as the flagship of the Comte d' Orvilliers. During the French Revolution, the Brittany was renamed Revolutionaire. On May 28, 1794 met a French fleet, who was also the Revolutionaire that. , Under the command of Villaret - Joyeuses on an English fleet The Revolutionaire was under the command of Captain Vandangel. During the battle, the Revolutionaire lost all her mizzen mast and then fought bitterly against the British 74- gun ship HMS Audacious. The English ship of the line, two other to help and by the combined forces of the Revolutionaire was completely dismasted. Since the three English ships, the French could not bring them to surrender, they left him. The next day the Revolutionaire was towed by a French frigate to Brest. After several days, the weakened French fleet had to withdraw.

  • Battleship (France)
  • Three-master
  • Full-rigged ship
Draft (hull) Rating system of the Royal Navy Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse
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