French ship Cassard (1803)
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The Cassard was an improved Téméraire class
74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy
. Along with her sister-ship Vétéran
, she carried 24-pounders on her upper deck, a featured normally reserved for larger three-deckers.
Completed as Lion, she took part in the Expédition d'Irlande
. On 24 February 1798, she was renamed to Glorieux, and eventually to Cassard the next month.
Under Commodore Gilbert-Amable Faure, she took part in the Atlantic campaign of 1806
in Willaumez
' squadron, taking two prizes on the way. She was separated from the rest of the fleet in the August hurricane, and returned to Brest on 13 October.
She took part in Willaumez' attempt to rescue blockaded ships from Lorient and anchored in Rochefort, where she took part in the Battle of the Basque Roads
. During the battle, she attempted to escape into Rochefort harbour, ran aground, and was refloated by throwing part of her guns overboard. She remained desactivated in Rochefort.
She was eventually condemned in May 1818, and used as a coal hulk in Rochefort, before being broken up in 1832.
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The Cassard was an improved Téméraire class
Téméraire class ship of the line
The Téméraire class ships of the line was a class of 107 74-gun ships of the line built between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy. The type was and remains the most numerous class of capital ship ever built....
74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
. Along with her sister-ship Vétéran
French ship Vétéran (1803)
The Vétéran was a development from the Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, one of two ships of a sub-class of which the other vessel was the Cassard...
, she carried 24-pounders on her upper deck, a featured normally reserved for larger three-deckers.
Completed as Lion, she took part in the Expédition d'Irlande
Expédition d'Irlande
The Expédition d'Irlande was an unsuccessful attempt by the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars to assist the outlawed Society of United Irishmen, a popular rebel Irish republican group, in their planned rebellion against British rule...
. On 24 February 1798, she was renamed to Glorieux, and eventually to Cassard the next month.
Under Commodore Gilbert-Amable Faure, she took part in the Atlantic campaign of 1806
Atlantic campaign of 1806
The Atlantic campaign of 1806 was a complicated series of manoeuveres and counter-manoeuveres conducted by squadrons of the French Navy and the British Royal Navy across the Atlantic Ocean during the spring and summer of 1806, as part of the Napoleonic Wars...
in Willaumez
Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez
Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez was a French sailor and admiral of the First French Empire....
' squadron, taking two prizes on the way. She was separated from the rest of the fleet in the August hurricane, and returned to Brest on 13 October.
She took part in Willaumez' attempt to rescue blockaded ships from Lorient and anchored in Rochefort, where she took part in the Battle of the Basque Roads
Battle of the Basque Roads
The Battle of the Basque Roads, also Battle of Aix Roads was a naval battle during the Napoleonic Wars off the Island of Aix...
. During the battle, she attempted to escape into Rochefort harbour, ran aground, and was refloated by throwing part of her guns overboard. She remained desactivated in Rochefort.
She was eventually condemned in May 1818, and used as a coal hulk in Rochefort, before being broken up in 1832.