''Cassard'' was a 74-gun

ship of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...

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.

Career

On 10 February 1801 ''Dix-août'' captured the 16-gun cutter , which she scuttled. On 27 March 1801, as ''Dix-août'' sailed with the fleet of Toulon, she collided with '' Formidable'' and had to return to harbour. On 26 September 1805 '' Indivisible'' and ''Dix-Août'' succeeded in shooting away ''Swiftsure''s yards and masts, crippling her and so capturing her. ''Swiftsure'' had two men killed, two men mortally wounded, and another six wounded; the French lost 33 killed and wounded. See main article

Action of 24 June 1801 The action of 24 June 1801 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars. A British ship of the line, HMS ''Swiftsure'' under Captain Benjamin Hallowell was passing westwards through the Southern Mediterranean near Cape De ...

. On 4 February 1803, her name was changed to ''Brave''. She was captured by on 6 February 1806 at the Battle of San Domingo. She foundered shortly thereafter on 12 April 1806 without loss of life while en route to Britain.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cassard Ships of the line of the French Navy Téméraire-class ships of the line 1795 ships Ships built in France Maritime incidents in 1806 Shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean