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 HMS Sprightly (1778), which she scuttled.

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

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

She was captured by the HMS Donegal (1798) on 6 February 1806 at the Battle of San Domingo. She foundered shortly thereafter on 12 April (without loss of life) while en route to Britain.