Name Heureux Ordered 15 February 1782 Laid down 12 May 1782 Construction started 12 May 1782 Length 55 m Displacement 1.53 million kg | Namesake "Merry" Builder Toulon In service April 1783 Launched 19 December 1782 Weight 1,530 tons Draft 7 m | |
The Heureux was a Centaure class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
She cruised in the Mediterranean in 1794 and 1795.
Under Captain Jean-Pierre Etienne, she took part in the Expedition to Egypt, and in the Battle of the Nile. The first ship to spot the British fleet on 1 August, Heureux fought the next day and was forced to strike her colours. Too badly damaged for repairs, she was burnt.
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