Vengeur du Peuple (Ship of the line : 1791-1794)

Vengeur du Peuple was a 74-gun ship of the line previously known as the Marseillois (1767-1791). The ship's name was changed to the Vengeur du Peuple in 1791 during the French Revolution. The Vengeur du Peuple remained inactive from 1791 to 1794, when she was recommissioned at Rochefort on March 24, 1794. She was sunk during the battle of the Glorious First of June (1794), also called the the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2.

HMML ID
694167487528
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/organization/694167487528
LC name
Vengeur du Peuple (Ship of the line : 1791-1794)
HMML name
Vengeur du Peuple (Ship of the line : 1791-1794)
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2021137728
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/4013163756434234480001

Variants

  • Avenger
  • Avenger of the People
  • Marseillois
  • Vengeur

Organization information

Organization type
Ships
Foundation date
1791
Dissolution date
1794-06-01
Centuries
18th century CE
Founding locations
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Languages
Fields of activity

Organization relationships

Parent organizations
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General notes

Description
74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy; commissioned in 1762 as Marseillois; renamed Vengeur du Peuple after the French revolution; took part in the Glorious First of June, where she sunk; "Avenger of the People"
Citations
"French ship Vengeur du Peuple," Wikipedia, accessed November 17, 2021, https://perma.cc/UK7J-WSUT.
Citations
HMAR 00501, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed November 17, 2021, https://w3id.org/vhmml/museum/view/3874.

Preferred citation

"Vengeur du Peuple (Ship of the line : 1791-1794)." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified March 21, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/694167487528

Change notes

Date added
2021-11-17
Last edited
2022-03-21