French ship Actif (1767) explained
Actif was
Citoyen class 74-gun ship of the line of the
French Navy.
Career
Actif was built partly with timber recycled from Actif, a 64-gun ship.
She took part in the Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778 under Estienne d'Orves. The year after, she was in the Channel as part of Orvilliers's squadron, but she suffered an epidemic that disabled 222 of her crew, and was forced to return to Brest.
In 1780, she was under La Cardonnie, and cruised off Cadiz and Saint-Vincent. She captured the British Hercule, Wright, master, off Saint-Vincent.
On 14 and 15 April 1781, as she was cruising under Brun de Boades, Actif fought an action against the 64-gun HMS Nonsuch.
In February 1782, she cruised off England under Allart de Suville.
Fate
Actif was sold in 1784 for breaking up.
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: 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.
- Book: Troude, Onésime-Joachim . Onésime-Joachim Troude . 1867 . Challamel ainé. Batailles navales de la France. fr . 2 . 836362484.
- Book: Winfield . Rif . Roberts . Stephen S. . French warships in the age of sail, 1626-1786: design, construction, careers and fates . 2017 . Seaforth Publishing . Barnsley, South Yorkshire . 9781473893511.
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