French ship Bourgogne (1767)

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For other ships of the same name, see French ship Bourgogne.
Career (France) French Navy Ensign
Name: Bourgogne
Namesake: Burgundy
Ordered: 16 January 1762
Builder: Toulon
Laid down: 31 January 1762
Launched: 26 June 1766
General characteristics
Displacement: 1500 tonnes
Length: 51.2 metres
Beam: 13.3 metres
Draught: 6.5 metres
Propulsion: sail
Sail plan: full rigged
Complement: 840
Armament:

74 guns
28 36-pound guns
30 18-pound guns

16 8-pound guns

The Duc de Bourgogne was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

She was commissioned in 1772, and served in the squadron of the Mediterranean, with a refit in 1775, and another in 1778.

On 4 May 1779, off Gibraltar, she took part in a naval action with Victoire against the 32-gun frigates HMS Thetis and Montreal. Montreal was captured, while Thetis managed to escape.

She took part in the American was of Independence, notably fightinh gallantly at the Battle of the Saintes, where she collided with Duc de Bourgogne [1]

She was wrecked on 4 February 1783 off Curaçao[2] with the loss of 80.

Sources and references

  1. ^ Histoire du vaisseau du Roi « La Bourgogne »
  2. ^ VAISSEAUX DE LIGNE FRANÇAIS DE 1682 À 1767
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