French ship Heureux (1782)

An image of French ship Heureux (1782)
History
France
Name	Heureux
Namesake	"Merry"
Ordered	15 February 1782
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	12 May 1782
Launched	19 December 1782
In service	April 1783
Captured	2 August 1798
Fate	Burnt 29 August 1798
General characteristics
Class and type	Centaure-class ship of the line
Displacement	1,530 tonnes
Length	54.6 m (179 ft 2 in)
Beam	14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draught	7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	74 guns
Armour	Timber

Heureux was a Centaure-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Was captured in Toulon by the British in August 1793 but was retaken by the French on December in the same year. She cruised in the Mediterranean in 1794 and 1795.

Under Captain Jean-Pierre Etienne, she took part in the Expedition to Egypt, and in the Battle of the Nile. The first ship to spot the British fleet on 1 August, Heureux fought the next day and was forced to strike her colours. Too badly damaged for repairs, she was burnt on 29 August 1798.[1]

Notes

1. Winfield, Rif (2017). French warships in the age of sail 1626-1786 : design, construction, careers and fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-4738-9351-1.

References

• Demerliac, Cmdt. Alain, Nomenclature des navires français de 1774 a 1792. Editions ANCRE, Nice.
• Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.