lÉveillé under construction at Brest, 1744
History
France
NameÉveillé
BuilderBrest [1]
Laid downFebruary 1771 [1]
Launched10 December 1772 [1]
CommissionedAugust 1777 [1]
Decommissioned1787 [1]
FateStruck 1787
General characteristics
Class and typeArtésien-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1480 tons
Length50.2 metres
Beam13.2 metres
Depth of hold6.4 metres
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament

Éveillé was an Artésien-class 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1772.

Career

Éveillé was commissioned under Captain du Maitz de Goimpy in 1777.[1]

In 1778, she was under Botderu, with Lieutenant de Gouzillon as first officer,[2] and was part of the White-and-blue squadron under Du Chaffault in the fleet under Orvilliers. She took part in the Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778.[3][4]

In 1779, she was under La Cour de Balleroy.[5] In February 1780, Éveillé was briefly under the command of Denis de Trobriand, but he died on the 18th of that same month.[6]

On 2 May 1780,[7] she departed Brest with the 7-ship and 3-frigate Expédition Particulière under Admiral Ternay, escorting 36 transports carrying troops to support the Continental Army in the War of American Independence. The squadron comprised the 80-gun Duc de Bourgogne, under Ternay d'Arsac (admiral) and Médine (flag captain); the 74-gun Neptune, under Sochet Des Touches, and Conquérant, under La Grandière; and the 64-gun Provence under Lombard, Ardent under Bernard de Marigny, Jason under La Clocheterie and Éveillé under Le Gardeur de Tilly, and the frigates Surveillante under Villeneuve Cillart, Amazone under La Pérouse, and Bellone.[8] Amazone, which constituted the vanguard of the fleet, arrived at Boston on 11 June 1780.[9]

Taking of the Romulus in Chesapeake Bay by Eveille, Gentille and Surveillante from a sketch by the captain of the Éveillé, Mr. Le Gardeur de Tilly

On 2 May 1780, in the midst of the Anglo-French War, Éveillé departed Brest under Captain Le Gardeur de Tilly, bound for America. In January 1781, in Chesapeake Bay, she captured the 44-gun HMS Romulus and 4 transports she was escorting.[1]

She took part in the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782.[10][11]

Fate

Éveillé was condemned at Rochefort in 1786, and struck from the Navy lists in 1787.[1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Roche (2005), p. 189.
  2. ↑ Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 617.
  3. ↑ Troude (1867), p. 7.
  4. ↑ Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 615-617.
  5. ↑ Contenson (1934), p. 135.
  6. ↑ Rouxel.
  7. ↑ Roche (2005), p. 159.
  8. ↑ Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 645.
  9. ↑ Monaque (2000), p. 38.
  10. ↑ Troude (1867), p. 140.
  11. ↑ Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 648.

References

  • Contenson, Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336.
  • Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1905). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. OCLC 763372623.
  • Monaque, Rémi (2000). Les aventures de Louis-René de Latouche-Tréville, compagnon de La Fayette et commandant de l'Hermione (in French). Paris: SPM. ISBN 9782901952343. OCLC 491636125.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1671-1870)
  • Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé.
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