French ship Jupiter (1789)

Jupiter was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Jupiter.

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Jupiter (1789), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name:	Jupiter
Namesake:	Jove The Mountain Democracy Batavian Republic
Ordered:	19 August 1787
Builder:	Brest
Laid down:	June 1788
Launched:	4 November 1789
Commissioned:	August 1790
Decommissioned:	1807
Renamed:	Montagnard in 1794 Démocrate on 18 May 1795 Jupiter on 30 May 1795 Batave on 27 April 1798
Fate:	Broken up in Brest in 1807
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement:	1,966 tonnes 3,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length:	55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam:	14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught:	7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion:	Up to 2,485 m^2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament:	74 guns: Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns Forecastle and Quarter deck: 16 × 8-pounder long guns 4 × 36-pounder carronades
Armour:	Timber

Career

In 1790, under Captain Belugat, Jupiter was part of the 1st Division of the Brest squadron, under Du Chilleau de La Roche, along with Apollon and the 32-gun frigate Surveillante, under Sarcé.[2] In August 1790, Captain Gouzillon de Bélizal took command, which he retained until 1791.[3]

Between 1791 and 1793, Jupiter was based in Saint-Domingue. In March 1794, she was renamed Montagnard. On 29 May, during the May 1794 Atlantic campaign, she encountered a British squadron; in the ensuing battle, she sustained damage which prevented her from taking part in the subsequent battle of the Glorious First of June itself.

She was renamed Démocrate on 18 May 1795, and back to Jupiter on 30 May. On 7 August, she took part in the recapture from the British of Censeur.

She was renamed Batave on 27 April 1798. The next year, she took part in the Cruise of Bruix.

Condemned in 1807, she was broken up in Brest.

Sources and references

Notes

References

1. Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
2. Du Chilleau (1815), p. 10.
3. Rouxel, Jean-Christophe. "André Marie GOUZILLON de BELIZAL". Parcours de vie dans la Royale. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

Bibliography

• Du Chilleau, Alex (1815). Au Roi. Exposé des services du contre-amiral Mis Du Chilleau. Paris: Leblanc.

External links

• Hiscocks, Richard (24 January 2017). "The Capture of the Protee – 24 February 1780". THE ROYAL NAVY 1776-1815 A BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY AND CHRONICLE. Retrieved 27 April 2020.