French ship Patriote (1785)

Patriote was a  74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was one of the French ships which had their hull doubled with copper.

In September 1793, during the Siege of Toulon, she was taken by the British, who removed her armament and embarked the French sailors sympathetic to the Republic. Admiral Hood having agreed to expel them, she then ferried them to Brest, where she arrived on 16 October.

In 1794 she took part in the battle of the Glorious First of June, in the Croisière du Grand Hiver winter campaign in 1794 and 1795, and in the Expédition d'Irlande in December 1796.
In 1806 she was damaged in a hurricane in the caribbean and came to chesapeake bay for shelter where she was blockaded by the British along with EOLE and laid off Annapolis for repairs.until returning to france
From 1821, she was used as a hulk.

See also
 List of ships of the line of France

References

 

Category:Ships of the line of the French Navy
Category:Téméraire-class ships of the line
Category:1785 ships
Category:Ships built in France