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Éveillé

Éveillé

Survived

French Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns64 guns
WarAmerican War of Independence

64-gun ship, at Ushant in 1778, Cape Henry, St Kitts and the Saintes. Struck off in 1787.

Le vaisseau l'Éveillé de 64 canons à quai à Brest sur la rive droite, peu après sa construction (1771-1772). Vaisseau en service jusqu'en 1786. Détail d'un tableau de Louis Nicolas Van Blarenberghe. Photo: Louis-Nicolas Van Blarenberghe, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 26 × 24-pounder long guns
  • 28 × 12-pounder long guns
  • 10 × 6-pounder long guns
BuilderBrest
Laid downFebruary 1771
Launched10 December 1772
CommissionedAugust 1777
Displacement2084 tonneaux
Length50.2 metres

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

10 December 1772

27 July 1778

16 March 1781

25–26 January 1782

12 April 1782

Fate

Survived

Struck 1787