French ship Bretagne (1766)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Bretagne and French ship Révolutionnaire.
Scale model of the Bretagne (MnM 13 MG 4), on display at Brest naval museum
History
French Navy Ensign French Navy EnsignFrance
Name
  • États de Bretagne[1]
  • Bretagne
  • Révolutionnaire
Ordered1762
Builder
Launched24 May 1766[2]
Commissioned1767[2]
RenamedRenamed to Révolutionnaire in October 1793[2]
FateBroken up in 1796[2]
General characteristics
Tons burthen2600 tonnes[2]
Length
  • 56 m (184 ft)
  • keel: 50 m
Beam15 m (49 ft)
Draught7.5 m (25 ft)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship, 30.666 square feet[3]
Complement
  • 19 to 27 officers
  • 1070 to 1130 men[3]
Armament
Notes4 month autonomy.[3]

Bretagne was a large 110-gun three-decker French ship of the line, built at Brest, which became famous as the flagship of the Brest Fleet during the American War of Independence. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux grant by the Estates of Brittany.[2] She was active in the European theatres of the Anglo-French War and of the French Revolutionary Wars, notably taking an important role in the Glorious First of June. Later, she took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver and was broken up.[4]

  1. ^ a b Demerliac (1996), p. 15, n°1.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Roche (2005), p. 85.
  3. ^ a b c d e Demerliac (1999), p. 19, n°1.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference forrer21 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).