French ship Indivisible

Indivisible was a Tonnant class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Alexandre.

Capture of HMS Swiftsure by Indivisible and Dix-Août
History
France
Name: Indivisible
Builder: Brest
Laid down: May 1793
Launched: 8 July 1799
Completed: October 1799
Renamed: Alexandre on 5 February 1803
Captured: On 6 February 1806 by the Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Name: Alexandre
Acquired: Captured on 6 February 1806
Reclassified: Powder hulk in 1808
Fate: Sold for breaking up on 16 May 1822
General characteristics
Class and type: 80-gun Tonnant-class ship-of-the-line
Tons burthen: 2,231 ​49⁄94 bm
Length:
  • 195 ft 2 in (59.49 m) (gundeck)
  • 158 ft 8 in (48.36 m) (keel)
Beam: 51 ft 4.5 in (15.659 m)
Depth of hold: 23 ft 2 in (7.06 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 590
Armament:

Career

Originally named the Indivisible in 1793, she was commissioned in Toulon on 23 September 1800. On 18 March 1800, Captain Louis-Marie Le Gouardun took command, which he retained until 9 March 1801.[1]

On 5 February 1803, she was renamed Alexandre, and recommissioned in Brest under Captain Leveyer.

In December, under Captain Garreau, she was part of Corentin Urbain Leissègues's squadron bound for San Domingo. She took part in the subsequent Battle of San Domingo, where she was badly damaged by the fire of HMS Superb, which left her adrift, her rigging shot off and her rudder destroyed. She was taken by HMS Spencer.

From 1808, the Royal Navy used her as a gunpowder hulk in Plymouth. Indivisible was eventually broken up in 1822.

Notes and references
References
  1. Quintin, p.221
Bibliography
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671–1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. ISBN 2-901952-42-9. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
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