Name Duc de Bourgogne Builder Rochefort Draught 6.4 m (21 ft) Length 53 m Displacement 1.8 million kg Beam 13 m | Namesake Duke of Burgundy Fate Broken up in 1856 Launched 1751 Weight 1,800 tons Draft 6.4 m | |
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Renamed Laid down as Brave
renamed Peuple in 1792
Caton in 1794 | ||
The Duc de Bourgogne was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She was refitted twice, in and 1761 and 1779, having her hull coppered.
Under Charles de Ternay, she was the flagship of the expeditionary corps that left on 2 May 1780 for the American war of Independence, and carried the Count of Rochambeau.
She took part in the Battle of the Saintes, where she collided with Bourgogne.
In 1792, she was renamed Peuple, and Caton in 1794.
She was eventually broken up in 1800.
References
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