The ''Bourgogne'' was a
74-gun
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ship of the line of the
French Navy
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. She was funded by a
don des vaisseaux donation from the Estates of Bourgogne. She was commissioned in 1772, and served in the squadron of the Mediterranean, with a refit in 1775, and another in 1778.
Career
On 4 May 1779, off
Gibraltar
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, she took part in a naval action with
''Victoire'' against the 32-gun frigates
HMS ''Thetis'' and
''Montreal''. ''Montreal'' was captured, while ''Thetis'' managed to escape.
British records largely agree, though they put the encounter on 1 May. When ''Thetis'' and ''Montreal'' saw two large ships approaching under Dutch colours, they suspected that the strange ships were French and attempted to sail away. ''Thetis'' succeeded, but at 9p.m., ''Bourgogne'' and ''Victoire'' caught up with ''Montreal'', came alongside, and ordered Douglas to send over a boat. Captain Douglas sent over Lieutenant John Douglas, whom the French ordered to Douglas to hail ''Montreal'' and instruct her to
strike
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. Captain Douglas attempted to escape, but after the French had fired several broadsides into ''Montreal'' he struck.
''Bourgogne'' took part in the
American Revolutionary War
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under
Charles de Charritte, most notably at the
Battle of the Chesapeake
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on 5 September 1781 and at the
Battle of the Saintes
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, where she collided with
''Duc de Bourgogne''
On 11 September 1781 ''Bourgogne'' and
''Aigrette'' were in the Chesapeake. There they captured the frigate , which the French Navy took into service as ''Richemont''.
Fate
She was wrecked on 4 February 1783, off
Curaçao with the loss of 80 of her 840 crew. Captain
Champmartin received a three-month suspension as sanction for the loss of the ship.
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