French ship Mont Blanc (1793)
Mont Blanc was a Téméraire class 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the French Navy. In the course of her career, she was renamed no less than four times, reflecting the tides of politics with the French Revolution.
The Mont Blanc off Marseille (detail of this image), by Antoine Roux. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Pyrrhus |
| Namesake |
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| Builder | Rochefort |
| Laid down | July 1789 |
| Launched | 13 August 1791 |
| Completed | March 1793 |
| Renamed |
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| Captured | 4 November 1805 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Mont Blanc |
| Acquired | by capture, 4 November 1805 |
| Fate | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied) |
| Beam | 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied) |
| Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
During the Wars of the First and Second Coalitions, Mont Blanc took part in the last actions of the Glorious First of June, in the Croisière du Grand Hiver, in the Battle of Hyères Islands and in Bruix' expedition of 1799; after peace was restored in the Treaty of Lunéville, she served during the Saint-Domingue expedition.
Mont Blanc took part of the vanguard of the French fleet the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, and consequently saw little action as this division was cut off from the battle. The squadron was destroyed during the Battle of Cape Ortegal on 4 November 1805, where Mont Blanc was captured. She was recommissioned in the Royal Navy but never saw action again.