French ship Mont-Blanc (1791)
- French ship Mont-Blanc (1791)
"Mont-Blanc" was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the French Navy.
She was built at Rochefort as the "Pyrrhus" in 1791. She was renamed "Mont-Blanc" in 1793 before being renamed "Trente-et-un Mai" in 1794. Under that name she fought at the Battle of the First of June in June 1794 under Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume. She took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver, where she rescued the crew of the sinking "Scipion".
In 1795 she was renamed again, becoming the "Républicain" before renamed a final time as "Mont-Blanc" again in 1796.
In 1802, she took part in the expedition to Saint-Domingue under Magon.
She was one of the ships of Vice Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. Dumanoir commanded the six ship vanguard of the French fleet, with "Formidable", "Scipion", "Duguay-Trouin", "Mont-Blanc", "Intrépide" and "Neptune". Nelson's attacks left these ships downwind of the main confrontation and Dumanoir did not immediately obey Villeneuve's orders to return to the battle. When the ships did turn back, most of them only exchanged a few shots before retiring.
On 3 November 1805, British Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, with "Caesar", "Hero", "Courageux", "Namur" and four frigates, defeated and captured what remained of the squadron.
"Mont-Blanc" was taken and commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS "Mont Blanc". She was used as a gunpowder hulk from 1811, and was sold in 1819.
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