French ship Censeur (1782)

History
French Royal Navy Ensign French Navy Ensign French Navy EnsignFrance
NameCenseur
BuilderRochefort
Laid downAugust 1781
Launched24 August 1782
CommissionedBy October 1782
CapturedBy the British at the Battle of Genoa on 14 March 1795
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameCenseur
AcquiredCaptured from the French on 14 March 1795
CapturedBy the French on 7 October 1795
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameRévolution
FateTransferred to Spain and broken up in 1799
General characteristics
Class and type74-gun Pégase-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1,820 bm
Length
  • 178 ft 9 in (54.48 m) (gundeck)
  • 146 ft 5.5 in (44.641 m) (keel)
Beam48 ft 0.75 in (14.6495 m)
Depth of hold21 ft 4 in (6.50 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement640
Armament74 guns of various weights of shot

Censeur was a 74-gun Pégase-class ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1782. She served during the last months of the American War of Independence, and survived to see action in the French Revolutionary Wars. She was briefly captured by the British, but was retaken after a few months and taken back into French service as Révolution. She served until 1799, when she was transferred to the Spanish Navy, but was found to be rotten and was broken up.


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