''Deux Frères'' (literally ''Two Brothers'') was an 80-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
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 ...
.
She was funded by a
don des vaisseaux
The ''don des vaisseaux'' (lit. "gift of ships of the line") was a subscription effort launched by Étienne François de Choiseul, Duke of Choiseul and secretary of State to the Navy in 1761 as an effort to rebuild the French naval power, diminis ...
donation from the two brothers of King
Louis XVI
Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was ...
.
The ship was laid down at Brest in July 1782, and launched on 17 September 1784, based on a design by Antoine Groignard, and built by Jacques-Augustin Lamothe.
On 29 September 1792, she was renamed ''Juste''.
captured ''Juste'' at the battle of the
Glorious First of June in 1794. Captain
William Cayley commissioned her in the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
as HMS ''Juste'' in August 1795. In October Captain the Honourable
Thomas Pakenham replaced Cayley and commissioned ''Juste'' for service in the Channel. Captain Sir
Henry Trollope replaced Pakenham in June 1799. In 1801 she was commanded by Captains
Herbert Sawyer
Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer KCB ( fl. 1783–1833) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic Wars. He eventually rose to the rank of Admiral ...
,
Richard Dacres — under whom she took part in Rear-Admiral
Robert Calder
Admiral Sir Robert Calder, 1st Baronet, (2 July 174531 August 1818) was a British naval officer who served in the Seven Years' War, the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. For much of his career ...
's pursuit of
Honoré Ganteaume's fleet to the West Indies — and Sir
Edmund Nagle
Admiral Sir Edmund Nagle, KCB (1757 – 14 March 1830) was an Irish officer in Royal Navy during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who is best known for his capture of the French frigate at the action of 21 October 1794 and his close ...
.
Fate
In April 1802 ''Juste'' was laid up
in ordinary at Plymouth, and was broken up there in February 1811.
See also
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List of ships captured in the 18th century
During times of war where naval engagements were frequent, many battles were fought that often resulted in the capture of the enemy's ships. The ships were often renamed and used in the service of the capturing country's navy. Merchant ships were ...
References
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Ships of the line of the French Navy
1784 ships
Captured ships
Don des vaisseaux
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