French ship Mercure (1783)
History | |
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France | |
Name | Mercure |
Namesake | Mercury |
Ordered | 1 June 1782 |
Builder | Toulon |
Laid down | August 1782 |
Launched | 4 August 1783 |
Commissioned | 1783 |
Fate | Captured and burnt 2 August 1798 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Séduisant-class ship of the line |
Displacement | 1,550 tonnes |
Length | 56.3 m (184 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) |
Complement | 600 |
Armament | 74 guns |
Armour | Timber |
The Mercure was a 74-gun Séduisant-class ship of the line of the French Navy.
She took part in the Battle of the Nile under Captain Cambon. She fought against HMS Majestic and was captured by HMS Alexander. Damaged beyond repair and aground, she was burnt.
See also[]
References[]
- Demerliac, Cmdt. Alain, Nomenclature des navires français de 1774 a 1792. Editions ANCRE, Nice.
- Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.
Categories:
- Ships of the line of the French Navy
- Séduisant-class ships of the line
- 1783 ships
- Captured ships
- Ships built in France
- Maritime incidents in 1798
- Ship fires
- Scuttled vessels
- Shipwrecks of Egypt
- Shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea
- French naval ship stubs
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