Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of the Cassard, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris
Career (France)
Name:	Cassard
Namesake:	Jacques Cassard 10th of August Bravery
Ordered:	16 February 1793
Builder:	Lorient
Launched:	1795
Renamed:	Cassard in 1795 Dix-août in 1798 Brave in 1798
Captured:	1806
Career (UK)
Fate:	Wrecked attempting to reach Britain in 1806. Achille in art She figures on The Battle of Trafalgar by Turner Gallantry redirects here Or see Gallant for other meanings Courage, also known as bravery, will, intrepidity
General characteristics
Class and type:	Téméraire class ship of the line
Displacement:	2900 tonnes
Length:	55. Ships in class Téméraire (18 ships ''Téméraire'' Builder Brest shipyard Ordered This article is about the tonne or metric ton For other tons see Ton. 87 metres (172 French feet)
Beam:	14. 90 metres (44' 6)
Draught:	7,26 metres (22 French feet)
Propulsion:	Up to 2485 m² of sails
Complement:	3 officers + 690 men
Armament:	74 guns: 28 x 36 pdr (16 kg) 30 x 24 pdr (11 kg) 16 x 8 pdr (3. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass 6 kg) 4 x 36 pdr (16 kg) carronades
Armour:	Timber

The Cassard was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. The carronade was a short Smoothbore, Cast iron Cannon, developed for the Royal Navy by the Carron Company, an Ironworks First 74-gun designs The classic 74-gun ship was invented by the French as they rebuilt their navy during the early years of the reign of Louis XV. A ship-of-the-line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th century through the mid-19th century to take part in the the naval tactic known as the Line of battle The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale ( National Navy) and often called La Royale ( The Royal Navy) is the maritime arm

On the 27 March 1801, as she sailed with the fleet of Toulon, she collided with the Formidable and had to return to harbour.

She was captured by the HMS Donegal in 1806 at the Battle of San Domingo. Capture As Hoche, she took part in the French attempt to land in County Donegal to support the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The naval Battle of San Domingo was fought on 6 February 1806 near Santo Domingo, off the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, when She sank shortly thereafter while attempting to return to Britain.