French ship Cassard (1795)
Scale model of The Thomson Collection of Ship Models on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario
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 France
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| Name: | Cassard |
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| Ordered: | 16 February 1793 |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | August 1793 |
| Launched: | 2 May 1795 |
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| Captured: | 1806 |
 United Kingdom
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| Acquired: | 6 February 1806 |
| Fate: | Wrecked attempting to reach Britain in April 1806. |
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| Class and type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
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| Length: | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
| Beam: | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion: | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
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| Armour: | Timber |
Cassard was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was renamed Dix-août in 1798, in honour of the events of 10 August 1792, and subsequently Brave in 1803.
On 10 February 1801 Dix-août captured the 16-gun cutter HMS Sprightly, which she scuttled.
On the 27 March 1801, as Dix-août sailed with the fleet of Toulon, she collided with the Formidable and had to return to harbour.
On 4 February 1803, her name was changed to Brave.
She was captured by the HMS Donegal on 6 February 1806 at the Battle of San Domingo. She foundered shortly thereafter on 12 April (without loss of life) while en route to Britain.
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