French ship Atlas (1801)

History
Spain
NameAtlante
BuilderCartagena, Spain
Launched21 December 1754
Out of service22 September 1801 ship transferred to French Navy
France
NameAtlas
AcquiredAugust 1801
Commissioned23 September 1801
Captured9 June 1808
Spain
NameAtlante
FateBroken up in 1817
General characteristics
PropulsionSail
Armament74 guns

Atlante was a 74-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. She was acquired by France in 1801 and commissioned in the French Navy, being renamed to Atlas in 1803, serving in Santo Domingo and taking part in the Battle of Cape Finisterre. She was captured in Vigo at the outbreak of the Peninsular War.