French ship Duc de Bourgogne (1751)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Peuple and French ship Caton.

The Duc de Bourgogne was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Launching of the Duc de Bourgogne
History
France
Name	Duc de Bourgogne
Namesake	Duke of Burgundy
Builder	Rochefort [1]
Laid down	January 1749 [1]
Launched	20 October 1751 [1]
Completed	December 1752 [1]
Renamed	Laid down as Brave [1] renamed Peuple in September 1792 then Caton in February 1794
Fate	Broken up in 1800-1801
General characteristics
Displacement	3,400 tons
Tons burthen	1,800 tons (port)
Length	56.52 m (185.4 ft)
Beam	14.46 m (47.4 ft)
Draught	7.15 m (23.5 ft)
Depth of hold	7.31 m (24.0 ft)
Propulsion	sail
Sail plan	full rigged
Complement	850, +8/14 officers
Armament	80 guns 30 36-pounder guns 32 18-pounder guns 18 8-pounder guns

Career

She was refitted twice, in 1761 and 1779, when she received a copper sheathing.^[1]

On 2 May 1780,^[1] she departed from Brest as the flagship of the 7-ship and 3-frigate Expédition Particulière under Admiral Ternay, escorting 36 transports carrying troops to support the Continental Army in the War of American Independence. The squadron comprised the 80-gun Duc de Bourgogne, under Ternay d'Arsac (admiral) and Médine (flag captain); the 74-gun Neptune, under Sochet Des Touches, and Conquérant, under La Grandière; and the 64-gun Provence under Lombard, Ardent under Bernard de Marigny, Jason under La Clocheterie and Éveillé under Le Gardeur de Tilly, and the frigates Surveillante under Villeneuve Cillart, Amazone under La Pérouse, and Bellone.^[2] Amazone, which constituted the vanguard of the fleet, arrived at Boston on 11 June 1780.^[3]

She took part in the Battle of Cape Henry on 16 March 1781 under Nicolas-Louis de Durfort.^[4]

Duc de Bourgogne took part in the Battle of the Saintes, where she collided with Bourgogne.^[5]

In 1792, she was renamed Peuple, and Caton in 1794.^[1]

She was condemned in February 1798 at Brest, and eventually broken up in January 1800.^[6]

Citations

1. Roche (2005), p. 159.
2. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 645.
3. Monaque (2000), p. 38.
4. La Jonquière (1996), p. 95.
5. "Histoire du vaisseau du Roi " La Bourgogne "". chez-alice.fr.
6. "VAISSEAUX DE LIGNE FRANÇAIS DE 1682 À 1767". Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2008-11-13.

References

• Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-23-3.
• Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion.
• La Jonquière, Christian (1996). Les Marins Français sous Louis XVI: Guerre d'Indépendance Américaine (in French). Issy-les-Moulineaux Muller. ISBN 978-2-904255-12-0. OCLC 243902833.
• Monaque, Rémi (2000). Les aventures de Louis-René de Latouche-Tréville, compagnon de La Fayette et commandant de l'Hermione (in French). Paris: SPM.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 325–6. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.