French ship Pégase (1781)
 Pégase. Detail of "Foudroyant and Pégase entering Portsmouth Harbour, 1782". Painting by Dominic Serres
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| History | |
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| Name | Pégase |
| Launched | 5 October 1781 |
| Captured | 21 April 1782, by Royal Navy |
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Pegase |
| Acquired | 21 April 1782 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1815 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 74-gun Pégase class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1500 bm |
| Length | 55.2 m (181 ft) |
| Beam | 14.3 m (47 ft) |
| Draught | 6.8 m (22 ft) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 600 |
| Armament | 74 guns of various weights of shot, later upgraded to 78 |
Pégase was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class, launched in 1781.
Career
[edit]Pégase took part in the Battle of Ushant on 21 April 1782. She was captured by HMS Foudroyant, under Captain John Jervis.[1] Jervis was invested Knight of the Order of the Bath for the capture.[2]
Pégase was bought into the Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Pegase. She served as a prison ship in Portsmouth from 1799, and was broken up in 1815.
See also
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Winfield. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. p. 68.
- ^ "No. 13694". The London Gazette. 28 May 1782. p. 4.
References
[edit]- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- 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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