| 词条 | French ship Bretagne (1766) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bretagne was a large 110-gun three-decker French ship of the line, built at Brest, which became famous as the flagship of the Brest Fleet during the American War of Independence. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux grant by the Estates of Brittany. The Bretagne was one of seventeen ships of the line ordered in 1762 as a result of the Duc de Choiseul’s campaign to raise funds for the navy from the cities and provinces of France. She was completed at Brest in 1766. She fought at the Battle of Ushant in 1778 as Orvilliers' flagship. During the French Revolution she was renamed Révolutionnaire. In May 1794 she fought in the skirmishes before the Battle of the Glorious First of June, dropping to the rear of the French fleet to drive off the pursuing British ships. In action against five or six 74-gun ships she was badly damaged, lost all her masts, and was only saved from capture by confusion among the enemy. She was towed to Rochefort by the battleship Audacieux, escorted by the corvette Unité. After repairs, the Bretagne took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver, where she was very heavily damaged. Too damaged by the battle to be repaired, she was broken up between January and May 1796. A scale model of the Bretagne is on display at Brest naval museum. She is also visible on the painting Vue du port de Brest en 1793 by Jean-François Hue. {{gallery|Title=Representations of Bretagne |align=center |File:Vue du port de Brest.jpg|Vue du port de Brest by Jean-François Hue |File:Vue du port de Brest-detail Republicain.jpg|Républicain, details of Vue du port de Brest by Jean-François Hue }} External links{{Commons category|Bretagne (ship, 1766)}}
4 : Ships of the line of the French Navy|Ships built in France|1766 ships|Don des vaisseaux |
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