''Indivisible'' was a 80-gun
ship of the line
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of the
French Navy
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.
Career
Originally named the ''Indivisible'' in 1793, she was commissioned in
Toulon
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on 23 September 1800. On 18 March 1800, Captain
Louis-Marie Le Gouardun Louis-Marie Le Gouardun (Lorient, 9 September 1753 — Lorient, 18 December 1814) was a French Navy officer. Starting his career in the French East India Company, he served under Suffren in the Indian Ocean during the Anglo-French War, and later in ...
took command, which he retained until 9 March 1801.
[Quintin, p.221]
On 5 February 1803, she was renamed ''Alexandre'', and recommissioned in
Brest
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under Captain Leveyer.
In December, under Captain Garreau, she was part of
Corentin Urbain Leissègues
Corentin Urbain de Leissègues (Hanvec, 29 August 1758 – Paris, 26 March 1832) was a French admiral of the Napoleonic wars, notably the losing commander of the Battle of San Domingo.
Biography
Leissègues joined the Navy in 1778, at age 20. ...
's squadron bound for
San Domingo
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. She took part in the subsequent
Battle of San Domingo
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, where she was badly damaged by the fire of , which left her adrift, her rigging shot off and her rudder destroyed. She was taken by .
From 1808, the
Royal Navy
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used her as a
gunpowder hulk in Plymouth. ''Indivisible'' was eventually broken up in 1822.
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Ships of the line of the French Navy
Tonnant-class ships of the line
Ships built in France
1799 ships