French ship Brutus (1803)

Brutus was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Launched at Lorient, France, on 24 January 1803, she was renamed Impétueux on 5 February 1803.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Brutus.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Brutus (1803), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name: Brutus
Namesake: Brutus
Ordered: 31 May 1798
Laid down: 22 September 1798
Launched: 24 January 1803
Commissioned: March 1803
Decommissioned: 14 September 1806
Renamed: Impétueux on 5 February 1803
Fate: Beached and set ablaze by the British in Chesapeake on 14 September 1806
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement:
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length: 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam: 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught: 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion: Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament:
Armour: Timber

Impétueux served in the Caribbean under Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez during the Atlantic campaign of 1806.

On 19 August 1806, Impétueux was dismasted in a storm and drifted until 10 September 1806. On 14 September 1806, she was chased by Sir Richard John Strachan's Royal Navy squadron comprising HMS Belleisle, HMS Bellona and HMS Melampus; unable to fight, she beached herself in the Chesapeake Bay. Her wreck was set ablaze by the British and the crew was taken prisoner.

See also

References
  1. Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
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