French ship Duc de Bourgogne (1751) explained

Duc de Bourgogne was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

She was refitted twice, in 1761 and 1779, when she received a copper sheathing.

On 2 May 1780, she departed from Brest as the flagship of 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 Admiral Ternay and Médine (flag captain); the 74-gun, under Sochet Des Touches, and, under La Grandière; and the 64-gun under Lombard, under Bernard de Marigny, Jason under La Clocheterie and under Le Gardeur de Tilly, and the frigates under Villeneuve Cillart, under La Pérouse, and . Amazone, which constituted the vanguard of the fleet, arrived at Boston on 11 June 1780.

She took part in the Battle of Cape Henry on 16 March 1781 under Nicolas-Louis de Durfort.

Duc de Bourgogne took part in the Battle of the Saintes, where she collided with .^[1]

In 1792, she was renamed Peuple, and then Caton in 1794.

She was condemned in February 1798 at Brest, and eventually broken up in January 1800.^[2]

References

• Book: Demerliac, Alain. La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792. 2004. Éditions Ancre. 2-906381-23-3. fr.
• Book: Lacour-Gayet, Georges. Georges Lacour-Gayet. La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI . 1910 . Honoré Champion . Paris .
• Book: La Jonquière, Christian. Les Marins Français sous Louis XVI: Guerre d'Indépendance Américaine. fr. Issy-les-Moulineaux Muller. 1996. 978-2-904255-12-0. 243902833.
• Book: Monaque, Rémi. Rémi Monaque. Les aventures de Louis-René de Latouche-Tréville, compagnon de La Fayette et commandant de l'Hermione. 2000. Paris. SPM. fr.
• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel . 2005 . Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870 . 978-2-9525917-0-6 . 165892922 . 325–6. Group Retozel-Maury Millau.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Histoire du vaisseau du Roi " La Bourgogne ". chez-alice.fr.
2. Web site: VAISSEAUX DE LIGNE FRANÇAIS DE 1682 À 1767 . 2008-11-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081210164737/http://groups.msn.com/JacquesKanon/vaiss16821767.msnw . 2008-12-10 . dead .