Protecteur was a Souverain-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, the only to have borne the name.
 Scale model on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. This model is a 64-gun, probably mislabeled.
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| History | |
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| Name | Protecteur |
| Namesake | "Protector" |
| Builder | Toulon, by plans by Noël Pomet[1] |
| Laid down | 29 May 1757 [1] |
| Launched | 22 May 1760 [1] |
| Decommissioned | 1784 [1] |
| Fate | Hulked 1784 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Souverain-class 74-gun ship of the line |
| Tonnage | 1550 tonnes |
| Length | 53.3 m (174 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 14.1 m (46 ft 3 in) |
| Height | 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) |
| Complement | 410 men |
Career
editShe was laid down in 1757 and launched in 1760.
In 1762, under Captain de L'Ilsle Calian, Protecteur was part of Bompart's squadron.[1] In 1766, she escorted merchantmen under Captain de Broves.[1]
In 1788, Under Captain Dapchon, Protecteur was appointed to Admiral d'Estaing's squadron and took part in the American Revolutionary War.[1] She took part in the Battle of Grenada[2] under Grasse-Limermont.[3]
In 1782, Protecteur was part of the escort of a 20-sail convoy, along with the ship Pégase and the frigates Indiscrète and Andromaque. The English HMS Foudroyant and HMS Queen intercepted, yielding the Third Battle of Ushant in which they captured Pégase and four transports, but where the rest of the French convoy escaped.[1]
From 1784, Protecteur was hulked and used as a hospital in Rochefort.[1]
Citations
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Roche, vol.1, p.364
- ^ "Service historique de la Défense". Archived from the original on December 3, 2007. Retrieved November 2, 2007.
- ^ Contenson (1934), p. 187.
References
edit- Contenson, Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 – 1870. p. 364. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
External links
edit- (in French) Le Protecteur
- (in French) Le Protecteur Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- (in French) Le Protecteur Archived 2007-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
