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The ''Pégase'' class was a class of 74-gun ships of the French Navy, built to a common design by naval constructor Antoine Groignard. It comprised six ships, all ordered during 1781 and all named on 13 July 1781.〔Winfield & Roberts, ''French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861'', p.86.〕 The name-ship of the class - ''Pégase'' - was captured by the British Navy just two months after her completion; the other five ships were all at Toulon in August 1793 when that port was handed over by French Royalists to the occupying Anglo-Spanish forces, and they were seized by the British Navy. When French Republican forces forced the evacuation of the Allies in December, the ''Puissant'' was sailed to England, and the ''Liberté'' (ex-''Dictateur'') and ''Suffisant'' were destroyed during the evacuation of the port; the remaining pair were recovered by the French Navy. == Ships == *''Pégase''〔Roche, p.344〕 :Builder: Brest Dockyard :Ordered: June 1781 :Begun: June 1781 :Launched: 5 October 1781 :Completed: February 1782 :Fate: Captured by HMS ''Foudroyant'' in the Bay of Biscay on 21 April 1782; deleted in 1815 *''Puissant'' 〔Roche, p.368〕 :Builder: Lorient Dockyard :Ordered: 13 July 1781 :Begun: August 1781 :Launched: 13 March 1782 :Completed: June 1782 :Fate: Surrendered to the British by her Royalist crew during the Siege of Toulon; removed to England at the evacuation of the city; became a hulk in Portsmouth; broken up in 1816. *''Dictateur'' 〔Roche, p.150〕 :Builder: Toulon Dockyard :Ordered: 13 July 1781 :Begun: July 1781 :Launched: 16 February 1782 :Completed: August 1782 :Fate: Renamed ''Liberté'' on 29 September 1792. Burnt at the end of the Siege of Toulon. Raised in 1805 and scrapped in 1808. *''Suffisant'' 〔Roche, p.424〕 :Builder: Toulon Dockyard :Ordered: 13 July 1781 :Begun: July 1781 :Launched: 6 March 1782 :Completed: August 1782 :Fate: Burnt at the end of the Siege of Toulon. Raised in 1805 and scrapped in 1806. *''Alcide'' 〔Roche, p.30-31〕 :Builder: Rochefort Dockyard :Ordered: 13 July 1781 :Begun: July 1781 :Launched: 25 May 1782 :Completed: January 1783 :Fate: Burnt during the Battle of Hyères Islands on 18 July 1795 by her own heated shots, and exploded. *''Censeur'' 〔Roche, p.103〕 :Builder: Rochefort Dockyard :Ordered: 13 July 1781 :Begun: August 1781 :Launched: 24 July 1782 :Completed: October 1783 :Fate: Captured by the British at the Battle of Cape Noli 14 March 1795; retaken in the Action of 7 October 1795; sold at Cadiz to Spain in June 1799. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pégase-class ship of the line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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