• Source: French ship Vaillant (1756)

    • Vaillant was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Noël Pomet, and lead ship of her class.


    Career


    In 1772, she was under La Brizollière, and bound for Saint Domingue, along with Actionnaire, Aurore and Sylphide. The year after, she was at Toulon under Oppède.
    In 1777, she was under Chabert-Cogolin in Estaing's fleet. On 14 August 1778, along with Hector, she captured the 8-gun bomb vessel HMS Thunder at Sandy Hook. She took part in the Battle of Grenada on 6 July 1779. She returned to Lorient that same year. In November, she was part of a division off Savannah, along with Zélé and Marseillais, when the ships got separated.
    In 1780, Seillans took command of Vaillant. The year after, she was under Bernard de Marigny.
    In 1782, Sainte-Eulalie took command and sailed her back to France.


    Fate


    Vaillant was hulked in Rochefort in 1783. From 1792, she was used as a masting crane.


    Citations




    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.
    Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 325–6. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
    Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé. OCLC 836362484.


    External links


    Archives nationales (2011). "Fonds Marine, sous-série B/4: Campagnes, 1571-1785" (PDF). Retrieved 29 April 2020.

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