French ship Souverain (1757)

French ship Souverain (1757)

The "Souverain" was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.

She took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake, in 1781. In 1792, she was renamed "Peuple Souverain" ("Sovereign People").

In 1798, she took part in the battle of the Nile. A shot from HMS Orion (at the rear of the British line) cut her cable and she drifted out of position, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=W9J3QkkNFl0C&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=%22Le+Peuple-Souverain%22+ship&source=web&ots=2Ht57LMs1j&sig=XIEj2WsMD2O4AYW7ji9Fac1fh7w&hl=en#PPA10,M1] later in the battle being captured by the British. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7UY0T1ci55IC&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=%22Le+Peuple-Souverain%22+ship&source=web&ots=pYUn80SuFj&sig=W2jT0MXkDeITgGDMYOKQi-6ZkRg&hl=en] She was subsequently recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS "Guerrier", but was in too bad a shape to serve in the high sea, so she was used as a guard ship.

External links

* [http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/G/02103.html HMS "Guerrier"]


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