Name Léopard Laid down 15 November 1785 Construction started 15 November 1785 Weight 1,966 tons | Builder Brest In service July 1787 Launched 22 June 1787 | |
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Namesake Leopard (Panthera pardus) Fate Scuttled by fire on 12 February 1793 | ||
Léopard was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Career
On 30 October 1788, Léopard departed Toulon for a cruise in the Caribbean, under Captain de la Galissoninère.
On 15 September 1790, a fight between sailors from Léopard and Patriote caused a mutiny; the entire crew of Léopard wasexpelled from the Navy by a decree of the National Constituent Assembly.
From 1792, Léopard took part in the Expédition de Sardaigne under Captain Bourdon-Gramont, capturing Carloforte on 8 January 1793. On 17 February, Léopard ran aground in a storm off Cagliari; after two days trying to refloat her, the crew abandoned the ship and set her on fire after offloading the guns and matériel.
References
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