French ship Pégase (1781)

Pégase was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of Pégase-class [ship of the line|her class], launched in 1781.

Career

Pégase took part in the Battle of Ushant on 21 April 1782. She was captured by, under Captain John [Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent|John Jervis]. Jervis was invested Knight of the Order of the Bath for the capture.
Pégase was bought into the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Pegase. She served as a prison ship in Portsmouth from 1799, and was broken up in 1815.