Juste was laid down in 1724 and launched in September 1725, joining the active service the next year. She was overhauled in Brest from 1741, where she sustained light damage on 25 December of the following year, when a fire started in the wood workshop propagated to her. She was again hove down in Brest in 1744, and overhauled in Rochefort in 1751.[1]
On 14 November 1759, under Captain François de Saint Aloüarn,[3] she was part of a 20-ship and 5-frigate strong squadron under Marshal de Conflans that was to attempt a landing in Cornwall for the planned French Invasion of Britain. The French fleet was intercepted by the English ships under Admiral Hawke on 20 November.
In the ensuing Battle of Quiberon Bay, Juste was in the rear-guard of the French fleet, taking the fourth position in the line of the srd Division.[2]Juste was engaged by up to four English ship and was severely battered, with a number of leaks and her rudder shattered; by 20:00, she was unable to fight, her captain mortally wounded and her first officer killed,[4] and limped back to Penchâteau Point to effect summary repairs.[2] She then attempted to proceed to Saint Nazaire[3] at low tide, and ran aground in the mouth of the Loire, at Chemoulin Point,[3] a few miles before reaching safety. Her crew threw all cargo overboard to lighten the ship and prevent her from breaking, even cutting her masts, but to no avail: Juste settled on the bottom and her crew abandoned the ship. She then broke and sank within the next three hours.[2] About 150 of her crew survived.[2]
Legacyedit
The wreck of Juste was re-discovered in December 1968 during widening work of the entry channel of the Loire.[3]
Guns of Arzal, there on temporary display at Piriac-sur-Mer
Guns of La Roche-Bernard
Citationsedit
^ abcdefghijRoche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671–1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 270. ISBN978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
^ abcde(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
^ abcdefNotice of Piriac exhibition, transcribed at File:Le Juste - Canons.jpg.
^. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
November 29, 2023
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