The ''Brave'' was a 74-gun ''Argonaute'' class ship of the line of the

French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...

. Commissioned in 1781, she was put in the reserve in 1788, but reactivated in March 1791. Two years later, she was decommissioned again, and

razee A razee or razée is a sailing ship that has been cut down (''razeed'') to reduce the number of decks. The word is derived from the French ''vaisseau rasé'', meaning a razed (in the sense of shaved down) ship. Seventeenth century During the ...

d to a 52-gun frigate. She took part in the Biscay campaign of June 1795 under Captain Antoine René Thévenard. She later served under Captain Rolland, and was used as a hulk in Toulon from 1798.

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* Ships of the line of the French Navy Argonaute-class ships of the line 1781 ships {{France-line-ship-stub