French Ship Jean Bart (1791)
The Jean Bart was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
In 1793, she was part of the squadron led by Van Stabel. Along with the Tigre, she rescued the Sémillante which was in danger of being captured by the British.
She took part in the Atlantic campaign of May 1794, and in the capture of HMS Alexander on 6 November. She took part in the Battle of Genoa, in the Croisière du Grand Hiver in Van Stabel's division, in the First Battle of Groix, and in the Battle of Groix.
In 1800, she sailed to the Mediterranean and made her homeport at Toulon.
In February 1809 she formed part of a French fleet which departed from Brest intending to aid the French colony of Martinique which was under threat from invasion. The fleet sailed for Basque Roads to rendezvous with the Rochefort squadron but upon entering the roadstead they were immediately blockaded by the British. On 26 February 1809 the Jean Bart grounded on a shoal near Île Madame while attempting to enter the anchorage south of Ile d'Aix and was subsequently declared a wreck. In April, the British seized the wreck and burnt the remains.
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