French ship Cassard (1795)
Cassard was a  74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was renamed Dix-août in 1798, in honour of the events of 10 August 1792, and subsequently Brave in 1803.

Career 

On 10 February 1801 Dix-août captured the 16-gun cutter , which she scuttled. On 27 March 1801, as Dix-août sailed with the fleet of Toulon, she collided with Formidable and had to return to harbour.

On 26 September 1805 Indivisible and Dix-Août succeeded in shooting away Swiftsures yards and masts, crippling her and so capturing her. Swiftsure had two men killed, two men mortally wounded, and another six wounded; the French lost 33 killed and wounded. See main article Action of 24 June 1801.

On 4 February 1803, her name was changed to Brave.

She was captured by  on 6 February 1806 at the Battle of San Domingo. She foundered shortly thereafter on 12 April 1806 without loss of life while en route to Britain.

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Ships of the line of the French Navy
Téméraire-class ships of the line
1795 ships
Ships built in France
Maritime incidents in 1806
Shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean