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Rivoli

Rivoli

Captured

French Navy, then Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74 guns
WarNapoleonic Wars

Service

1810–1812Rivoli
from 1812Rivoli

Captured off Pirano

New 74-gun ship built at Venice. Breaking out in fog on her first voyage in February 1812, with a crew that had never sailed together, she was caught off Pirano by Victorious and surrendered after more than 400 of her 800 men had been killed or wounded. HMS Rivoli in British service.

Career

21–22 February 1812

Barré's flagship

Joined the Royal Navy

23 February 1812 · Captured off Pirano