- Sources and references
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class=Argonaute class ship of the line | Ship displacement=1500 tonnes | 55.2|m|abbr=on}} | 14.3|m|abbr=on}} | 7.4|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=Sail | Ship speed= | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship complement= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*74 guns:- 28 36-pounders
- 30 18-pounders
- 16 8-pounders
- Later rasé to 52
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}} | The Brave was a 74-gun Argonaute class 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. Sources and references- {{Cite book|first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |chapter= |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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