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''Fougueux'' was a
She took part in the
The ''Redoutable'' at Trafalgar
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74-gun
The "seventy-four" was a type of two- decked sailing ship of the line, which nominally carried 74 guns. It was developed by the French navy in the 1740s, replacing earlier classes of 60- and 62-gun ships, as a larger complement to the recently-de ...
French ship of the line built at Lorient
Lorient (; ) is a town ('' commune'') and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France.
History
Prehistory and classical antiquity
Beginning around 3000 BC, settlements in the area of Lorient are attested by the presen ...
from 1784 to 1785 by engineer Segondat.
Ship history
In 1796, she took part in theExpédition d'Irlande
The French expedition to Ireland, known in French as the ''Expédition d'Irlande'' ("Expedition to Ireland"), was an unsuccessful attempt by the French Republic to assist the outlawed Society of United Irishmen, a popular rebel Irish republican ...
under Esprit-Tranquille Maistral
Esprit-Tranquille Maistral (Quimper, 21 May 1763 - Guipavas, 5 November 1815) was a French Navy officer. He took part in the War of American Independence and in the French Revolutionary Wars, and had a pivotal role in the Battle of Trafalgar.
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She took part in the Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (180 ...
, firing the first shot of the battle upon . She later attempted to come to the aid of the by engaging . After badly damaging the ''Fougueux'' with broadsides, ''Temeraire''s first-lieutenant, Thomas Fortescue Kennedy, led a boarding party onto ''Fougueux'', entering the French ship via her main deck ports and chains. The French tried to defend the decks port by port, but were steadily overwhelmed. ''Fougueux''s captain, Louis Alexis Baudoin, had suffered a fatal wound earlier in the fighting, leaving Commander François Bazin in charge. On learning that nearly all of the officers were dead or wounded and that most of the guns were out of action, Bazin surrendered the ship to Kennedy.
According to the report of Captain Lucas of the ''Redoutable'',
On the day after the battle a severe storm battered the surviving ships. ''Fougueux'' was driven ashore near Torre Bermeja on the coast of Spain and was wrecked. Only 25 men aboard, British prize crew and French prisoners, survived.Clowes (1900), p.163
See also
*List of ships captured in the 19th century
Throughout naval history during times of war battles, blockades, and other patrol missions would often result in the capture of enemy ships or those of a neutral country. If a ship proved to be a valuable prize efforts would sometimes be made to ...
*List of ships of the line of France
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Citations
References
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*The ''Redoutable'' at Trafalgar
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