French ship Censeur (1782)
Censeur was a 74-gun Pégase-class ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1782. She served during the last months of the American War of Independence, and survived to see action in the French Revolutionary Wars. She was briefly captured by the British, but was retaken after a few months and taken back into French service as Révolution. She served until 1799, when she was transferred to the Spanish Navy, but was found to be rotten and was broken up.
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Censeur |
| Builder | Rochefort |
| Laid down | August 1781 |
| Launched | 24 August 1782 |
| Commissioned | By October 1782 |
| Captured | By the British at the Battle of Genoa on 14 March 1795 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Censeur |
| Acquired | Captured from the French on 14 March 1795 |
| Captured | By the French on 7 October 1795 |
| France | |
| Name | Révolution |
| Fate | Transferred to Spain and broken up in 1799 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 74-gun Pégase-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,820 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 48 ft 0.75 in (14.6495 m) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft 4 in (6.50 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 640 |
| Armament | 74 guns of various weights of shot |
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