French ship Pégase (1781)
Pégase was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class, launched in 1781. Career. "Pégase" took part in the Battle of Ushant on 21 April 1782. She was captured by HMS "Foudroyant", under Captain John Jervis. Jervis was invested Knight of the Order of the Bath for the capture. "Pégase" was bought into the 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.