French ship Saint-Esprit (1765)

The Saint-Esprit ("Holy Ghost") was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.[1] She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the Order of the Holy Spirit, and named in its honour.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Scipion and French ship Saint-Esprit.
The Saint-Esprit in action.
(Detail of an English painting of 1784)
History
France
Name: Saint-Esprit[1]
Namesake: Order of the Holy Spirit
Ordered: 11 January 1762[1]
Builder: Arsenal of Brest[1]
Laid down: May 1762[1]
Launched: 12 October 1765[1]
Christened: 20 January 1762 [1]
Commissioned: 1766[1]
Decommissioned: 26 January 1795[1]
Renamed: Scipion in April 1794[1]
Fate: Wrecked off Brest on 26 January 1795[1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Saint-Esprit class ship of the line
Displacement: 1754 tonnes[1]
Length: 59.8 m (196 ft)[1]
Beam: 14.9 m (49 ft)[1]
Draught: 7.5 m (25 ft)[1]
Complement: 970
Armament:

Career

She took part in the Battle of Ushant under La Motte-Picquet, and to the Armada of 1779.[1]

In 1781, on 29 April, she took part in the Battle of Fort Royal under Chabert-Cogolin.[2][3]

She was renamed Scipion in April 1794, and took part in the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 under Huguet, where she was totally dismasted.[1] She was wrecked on 30 January 1795, during the Croisière du Grand Hiver.[1] Most of her crew were rescued by Trente-et-un Mai.[1][4]

Notes and references

Notes

    References
    1. Roche, p.394
    2. Troude (1867), p. 100—101.
    3. Kerguelen (1796), p. 182-183.
    4. Levot, p.207

    Bibliography
    • Levot, Prosper (1866). Les gloires maritimes de la France: notices biographiques sur les plus célèbres marins (in French). Bertrand.
    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
    • Kerguelen, Yves-Joseph (1796). Relation des combats et des évènements de la guerre maritime de 1778 entre la France et l'Angleterre (in French). Imprimerie de Patris.
    • Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). 2. Challamel ainé. OCLC 836362484.


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