HMS Belleisle (1795)

HMS Belleisle (1795)

"Lion" was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the French Navy, which later served in the Royal Navy. She was built at Rochefort. She was later renamed "Marat" and then "Formidable", with the changing fortunes of the French Revolution.

She took part in the Action of 6 November 1793, managing to rake HMS "Alexander".

She was captured on 23 June 1795 at the Battle of Groix by HMS "Barfleur" near the French port of Lorient. She was taken into service in the Royal Navy, but because the Navy already had a "Formidable", she was renamed "Belleisle", apparently in the mistaken belief that she had been captured off Belle Île, rather than the Île de Groix.

Captained by William Hargood, she was the second ship in the British lee column at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and as such was engaged by the French ships "Achille", "Aigle", "Neptune" and "Fougueux". She was soon completely dismasted (the only British ship which suffered that fate), unable to manœuvre and largely unable to fight, as her sails blinded her batteries, but kept flying her flag for 45 minutes until the British ships behind her in the column came to her rescue. With 33 dead and 93 wounded, she was then towed to Gibraltar after the battle by the frigate HMS "Naiad".

From 1811 she was in Portsmouth harbour, and in 1814 the decision was taken to have her broken up.

References

* [http://www.treeforall.org.uk/trafalgar/TrafalgarWoods/Otherwoods/Belleisle/ "Belleisle"]
*Michael Phillips - [http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/B1.htm Sailing ships of the Royal Navy B1] . Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 21 January 2007.

External links

*http://www.treeforall.org.uk/trafalgar/TrafalgarWoods/Otherwoods/Belleisle/


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