French ship Pégase (1781)
Foudroyant and Pégase entering Portsmouth Harbour, 1782. Painting by Dominic Serres
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| Name: | Pégase |
| Launched: | 1781 |
| Captured: | 21 April 1782, by Royal Navy |
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| Name: | Pegase |
| Acquired: | 21 April 1782 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1815 |
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| Class and type: | 74-gun Pégase class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1500 bm |
| Length: | 55.2 m (181 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.3 m (47 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.8 m (22 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 600 |
| Armament: | 74 guns of various weights of shot, later upgraded to 78 |
The Pégase was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class, launched in 1781.
She was captured by the Captain John Jervis on 21 April 1782 in HMS Foudroyant, Jervis was invested as a Knight of the Bath for the capture. Pégase was bought into the Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Pegase. She served as a prison ship in Portsmouth from 1799, and was broken up in 1815.
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