Pégase-class ship of the line

The Pégase class was type of 74-gun ships, designed by engineer Antoine Groignard. It comprised six ships:

Ships

 * Pégase
 * Builder: Brest
 * Ordered: 13 July 1781
 * Launched: 5 October 1781
 * Fate: Captured by HMS Queen in 1782; deleted in 1815


 * Censeur
 * Builder: Rochefort
 * Ordered: 13 July 1781
 * Launched: 24 July 1782
 * Fate: Captured at the Battle of Cape Noli; retaken in the Action of 7 October 1795; sold at Cadiz in June 1799


 * Dictateur
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered: 13 July 1781
 * Launched: 16 February 1782
 * Fate: Burnt at the end of the Siege of Toulon. Raised in 1805 and scrapped in 1808.


 * Puissant
 * Builder: Lorient
 * Ordered: 13 July 1781
 * Launched: 13 March 1782
 * Fate: Surrendered to the British by her Royalist crew during the Siege of Toulon; flew to England at the fall of the city; became a hulk in Portsmouth and Spithead; scrapped in 1816.


 * Suffisant
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered: 13 July 1781
 * Launched: 6 March 1782
 * Fate: Burnt at the end of the Siege of Toulon. Raised in 1805 and scrapped in 1806.


 * Alcide
 * Builder: Rochefort
 * Ordered: 13 July 1781
 * Launched: 25 May 1782
 * Fate: Burnt during the Battle of Hyères Islands by her own heated shots, exploded.