French ship Brave (1781)
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Brave was a 74-gun {{sclass|Argonaute|ship of the line}} of the French Navy.
Commissioned in 1781, she was put in the reserve in 1788, but reactivated in March 1791. Two years later, she was decommissioned again, and razeed to a 52-gun frigate. She took part in the Biscay campaign of June 1795 under Captain Antoine René Thévenard.
She later served under Captain Rolland, and was used as a hulk in Toulon from 1798.
References
- {{Cite book|first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870 |isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 |oclc=165892922 |page=84}}
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Category:Ships of the line of the French Navy
Category:Argonaute-class ships of the line
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