French ship Atlas (1801)

For other ships of the same name, see Spanish ship Atlante and French ship Atlas.
History
Spain
Name: Atlante [1]
Builder: Cádiz[1]
Launched: 1754[1]
History
France
Name: Atlas[1]
Acquired: August 1801[1]
Commissioned: 23 September 1801[1]
Captured: 9 June 1808[1]
History
Spain
Name: Atlante[1]
Fate: Broken up in 1817
General characteristics
Propulsion: Sail
Armament: 74 guns[1]
Armour: Timber

The Atalante was a 74-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. She was acquired by France in 1801 and commissioned in the French Navy, being renamed to Atlas in 1803, serving in Santo Domingo and taking part in the Battle of Cape Finisterre. She captured in Vigo at the outbreak of the Peninsular War.

Career

Atalante was built in Cádiz and launched in 1754. In August 1801, on the background of the War of the Second Coalition, Spain ceded her to her ally France. Atalante was brought into French service and commissioned in Cádiz on 23 September 1801.[1]

In April 1802, she transferred to Toulon.[1] On 20 June 1802, Captain Lavillesgris took command,[2] and in August, she departed Toulon under to ferry troops to Santo Domingo, returning on 27 October.[1] She performed another trip in January 1803, ferrying 750 soldiers and General Jean Sarrazin.[1]

Atalante was renamed to Atlas on 4 February 1803. She took part in the Battle of Cape Finisterre under Captain Rolland, who sustained spectacular injuries when a powder reserve exploded near him.[3]

Moored in Vigo as a hospital ship after the battle, she was captured there by the Spanish on 9 June 1808 after the outbreak of the Peninsular War.

Sources and references

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 56. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
    2. ↑ Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. p. 201. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.
    3. ↑ Quintin, Danielle; Quintin, Bernard (2003). Dictionnaire des capitaines de Vaisseau de Napoléon (in French). S.P.M. p. 326. ISBN 2-901952-42-9.


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