The Bourgogne was a 74-gunship of the line of the French Navy. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the Estates of Bourgogne. She was commissioned in 1772, and served in the squadron of the Mediterranean, with a refit in 1775, and another in 1778.
On 4 May 1779, off Gibraltar, she took part in a naval action with Victoire against the 32-gun frigates HMS Thetis and Montreal. Montreal was captured, while Thetis managed to escape.
British records largely agree, though they put the encounter on 1 May. When Thetis and Montreal saw two large ships approaching under Dutch colours, they suspected that the strange ships were French and attempted to sail away. Thetis succeeded, but at 9p.m., Bourgogne and Victoire caught up with Montreal, came alongside, and ordered Douglas to send over a boat. Captain Douglas sent over Lieutenant John Douglas, whom the French ordered to Douglas to hail Montreal and instruct her to strike. Captain Douglas attempted to escape, but after the French had fired several broadsides into Montreal he struck.[1]
On 11 September 1781 Bourgogne and Aigrette were in the Chesapeake. There they captured the frigate HMS Richmond, which the French Navy took into service as Richemont.[6]
Fateedit
She was wrecked on 4 February 1783, off Curaçao[7] with the loss of 80 of her 840 crew. Captain Champmartin received a three-month suspension as sanction for the loss of the ship.[8]
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french, ship, bourgogne, 1766, other, ships, with, same, name, bourgogne, disambiguation, bourgogne, ship, line, french, navy, funded, vaisseaux, donation, from, estates, bourgogne, commissioned, 1772, served, squadron, mediterranean, with, refit, 1775, anothe. For other ships with the same name see Bourgogne disambiguation The Bourgogne was a 74 gun ship of the line of the French Navy She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the Estates of Bourgogne She was commissioned in 1772 and served in the squadron of the Mediterranean with a refit in 1775 and another in 1778 History France NameBourgogne NamesakeBourgogne Ordered16 January 1762 BuilderToulon Dyd Laid down31 January 1762 Launched26 June 1766 CommissionedNovember 1767 FateWrecked 4 February 1783 General characteristics Displacement1 550 tons French Length54 57 m 179 0 ft gundeck 47 43 m 155 6 ft keel Beam14 13 m 46 4 ft Draught6 66 m 21 9 ft fore 7 47 m 24 5 ft aft Depth of hold6 98 m 22 9 ft Propulsionsail Sail planfull rigged Complement840 ArmamentLower deck 28 36 pounder guns Upper deck 30 18 pounder guns Galliards 16 8 pounder guns Contents 1 Career 2 Fate 3 Citations 4 ReferencesCareer editOn 4 May 1779 off Gibraltar she took part in a naval action with Victoire against the 32 gun frigates HMS Thetis and Montreal Montreal was captured while Thetis managed to escape British records largely agree though they put the encounter on 1 May When Thetis and Montreal saw two large ships approaching under Dutch colours they suspected that the strange ships were French and attempted to sail away Thetis succeeded but at 9p m Bourgogne and Victoire caught up with Montreal came alongside and ordered Douglas to send over a boat Captain Douglas sent over Lieutenant John Douglas whom the French ordered to Douglas to hail Montreal and instruct her to strike Captain Douglas attempted to escape but after the French had fired several broadsides into Montreal he struck 1 Bourgogne took part in the American Revolutionary War under Charles de Charritte 2 most notably at the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781 3 and at the Battle of the Saintes 4 2 where she collided with Duc de Bourgogne 5 On 11 September 1781 Bourgogne and Aigrette were in the Chesapeake There they captured the frigate HMS Richmond which the French Navy took into service as Richemont 6 Fate editShe was wrecked on 4 February 1783 off Curacao 7 with the loss of 80 of her 840 crew Captain Champmartin received a three month suspension as sanction for the loss of the ship 8 Citations edit Hepper 1994 p 55 a b Lacour Gayet 1910 p 648 Contenson 1934 p 156 Troude 1867 p 140 Histoire du vaisseau du Roi La Bourgogne Winfield amp Roberts 2015 p 127 VAISSEAUX DE LIGNE FRANCAIS DE 1682 A 1767 Archived from the original on 2008 12 10 Retrieved 2008 11 13 Lacour Gayet 1910 p 632 References editContenson Ludovic 1934 La Societe des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d Amerique 1778 1783 Paris editions Auguste Picard OCLC 7842336 Hepper David J 1994 British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail 1650 1859 Rotherfield Jean Boudriot ISBN 0 948864 30 3 Lacour Gayet Georges 1910 La marine militaire de la France sous le regne de Louis XVI Paris Honore Champion Troude Onesime Joachim 1867 Batailles navales de la France in French Vol 2 Challamel aine Winfield Rif Roberts Stephen S 2015 French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 1861 Design Construction Careers and Fates Seaforth Publishing ISBN 9781848322042 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title French ship Bourgogne 1766 amp oldid 1223346333, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
