Dumanoir commanded the six ship vanguard of the French fleet, with Scipion, Duguay-Trouin, Mont Blanc, Intrépide and Neptuno. Nelson's attacks left these ships downwind of the main confrontation and Dumanoir did not immediately obey Villeneuve's orders to return to the battle. When the ships did turn back, most of them only exchanged a few shots before retiring.
Infernet and his crew, wanting to join the fight, eventually disobeyed Dumanoir's orders and joined the battle, followed by the Spanish 80-gun Neptuno (Captain Cayetano de Valdés). Intrépide fought against Leviathan, Africa, Agamemnon, Ajax, Orion and Conqueror, only to strike her colours at about 17:00, badly damaged with half of her crew dead.
Intrépide was later scuttled on Admiral Collingwood's orders, partly to avoid recapture by the counter-attack of the six ship French squadron led by Captain Julien Cosmao of Pluton, two days later, and partly because the severe gale made it impossible to save most of the damaged prizes.
Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. ISBN978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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french, ship, intrépide, 1800, other, ships, with, same, name, french, ship, intrépide, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, remo. For other ships with the same name see French ship Intrepide This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources French ship Intrepide 1800 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Intrepide was a 74 gun third rate ship of the line of the French navy She was originally built at Ferrol Spain in 1790 by Jose Romero y Fernandez de Landa as the Spanish ship of the line Intrepido 1 one of the ten ships of the San Ildefonso Class but was transferred to the French Navy in 1801 in accordance with the Second Treaty of San Ildefonso signed in 1800 2 HistoryFranceNameIntrepideLaunched20 November 1790AcquiredApril 1801Captured21 October 1805FateScuttled on 23 October 1805General characteristicsArmament74 gunsSketch showing Intrepide at the Battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805On 21 October 1805 Intrepide was one of the ships of Rear Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley at the Battle of Trafalgar under Captain Louis Antoine Infernet Dumanoir commanded the six ship vanguard of the French fleet with Scipion Duguay Trouin Mont Blanc Intrepide and Neptuno Nelson s attacks left these ships downwind of the main confrontation and Dumanoir did not immediately obey Villeneuve s orders to return to the battle When the ships did turn back most of them only exchanged a few shots before retiring Infernet and his crew wanting to join the fight eventually disobeyed Dumanoir s orders and joined the battle followed by the Spanish 80 gun Neptuno Captain Cayetano de Valdes Intrepide fought against Leviathan Africa Agamemnon Ajax Orion and Conqueror only to strike her colours at about 17 00 badly damaged with half of her crew dead Intrepide was later scuttled on Admiral Collingwood s orders partly to avoid recapture by the counter attack of the six ship French squadron led by Captain Julien Cosmao of Pluton two days later and partly because the severe gale made it impossible to save most of the damaged prizes See also editList of ships captured in the 19th centuryCitations edit Reales Astilleros de Esteiro PDF Retrieved 20 July 2016 Roche p 258References editRoche Jean Michel 2005 Dictionnaire des batiments de la flotte de guerre francaise de Colbert a nos jours 1 1671 1870 ISBN 978 2 9525917 0 6 OCLC 165892922 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title French ship Intrepide 1800 amp oldid 1206156661, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
