Name Brutus Ordered 31 May 1798 Laid down 22 September 1798 Construction started 22 September 1798 Weight 2,966 tons | Namesake Brutus Builder Lorient Commissioned March 1803 Launched 24 January 1803 | |
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Brutus was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Launched on 24 January 1803, she was renamed Impétueux on 5 February 1803.
She served in the Caribbean under Willaumez during the Atlantic campaign of 1806.
On 19 August 1806, she was dismasted in a tempest and drifted until 10 September. On the 14th, she was chased by Strachan's squadron comprising Belleisle, Bellona and Melampus; unable to fight, she beached herself in Chesapeake Bay. The wreck was set ablaze by the British and the crew was taken prisoner.
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