Pégase was a 74-gun Pégase-class ship of the line of the French Navy. The lead ship of her class, she was launched in 1781 and captured on 21 April 1782 by a British fleet at the Battle of Ushant. Pégase was subsequently brought back to Portsmouth and commissioned into the Royal Navy as the third-rate HMS Pegase. Pegase was converted into a prison hulk in 1799 and decommissioned and broken up in 1815.
Career
Pégase took part in the Battle of Ushant on 21 April 1782. She was captured by , under Captain John Jervis. Jervis was invested Knight of the Order of the Bath for the capture. Pégase was bought into the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third-rate HMS Pegase. She served as a prison hulk in Portsmouth from 1799, and was broken up in 1815.
See also List of ships captured in the 18th century
Citations
References
Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. . Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. .