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Allemand's Escape From Lorient
Allemand's escape from Lorient was an episode of the naval operations of the French Navy in 1812. A number of French, warships trapped in Lorient by the British blockade, managed to take to the sea under Zacharie Allemand and sail to Brest. British squadrons sailed in pursuit, but were unable to force the French fleet into action. Background By 1812, the Royal Navy enjoyed an overwhelming superiority over its French counterpart, which was mostly blockaded in its own ports. The French squadrons were adequately provided with fine warships, but since Willaumez' expedition of 1809, they were confined in the purely passive role of fleet in being, and scarcely left harbour. Furthermore, a variety of incidents had dispersed ships in secondary harbours over the coasts of France, weakening the squadrons.Troude, ''op. cit.'', p. 152 In 1812, Admiral Zacharie Allemand was appointed by the government to gather the scattered ships into the principal harbour of Brest. Allemand went to Lori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars (french: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until 1802 and resulting from the French Revolution. They pitted French First Republic, France against Kingdom of Great Britain, Britain, Habsburg monarchy, Austria, Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia, Russian Empire, Russia, and several other monarchies. They are divided in two periods: the War of the First Coalition (1792–97) and the War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802). Initially confined to Europe, the fighting gradually assumed a global dimension. After a decade of constant warfare and aggressive diplomacy, France had conquered territories in the Italian Peninsula, the Low Countries and the Rhineland in Europe and abandoned Louisiana (New France), Louisiana in North America. French success in these conflicts ensured the spread of revolutionary principles over much of Europe. As early as 1791, the other monarchies of Europe looked with ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ship Vétéran (1803)
The ''Vétéran'' was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was a development of the , joining in a two-ship sub-class. The pair, both built by Pierre Ozanne at Brest to the plans of Jacques-Noël Sané, were enlarged to carry an upper deck battery of 24-pounder long guns instead of the 18-pounders used on the standard ships of the ''Téméraire'' class. Ordered as ''Magnanime'', she was renamed ''Quatorze Juillet'' on 7 May 1798, and ''Vétéran'' on 6 December 1802. On 13 December 1805, she departed Brest under captain Jérôme Bonaparte, as part of Willaumez division, to participate in what became the Atlantic campaign of 1806. The 1806 Great Coastal hurricane scattered the division and ''Vétéran'' found herself isolated. She cruised off Quebec, destroying merchantmen and skirmishing with Royal Navy forces. She eventually returned to France and evaded the British blockade, entering Concarneau thanks to the experience of a sailor who had been a fisherman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24-pounder Long Gun
The 24-pounder long gun was a heavy calibre piece of artillery mounted on warships of the Age of Sail. 24-pounders were in service in the navies of France, Spain, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. They were comparable to the Canon de 24 Gribeauval used by the French Army as its largest piece of siege artillery. 24-pounders were used as main guns on the heaviest frigates of the early 19th century and on fourth-rate ships of the line, on the second deck of first-rate ships of the line, and on the second deck of a few large third-rates. Usage The 24-pounder calibre was consistent with both the French and the British calibre systems, and was a widespread gun amongst nations between the 17th and the 19th century. From the late 18th century, the French Navy used the 24-pounder in two capacities: as main gun on frigates and 64-guns, or as secondary artillery on three-deckers and even enlarged versions two-deckers. Under Louis XV, a typical heavy frigate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucentaure Class Ship Of The Line
The ''Bucentaure'' class was a class of 80-gun French ships of the line built to a design by Jacques-Noël Sané from 1802 onwards, of which at least 29 were ordered but only 21 ships were launched. They were a development from his earlier . Armament As built, the first two ships of this class carried the same 80-gun armament as their predecessors of the ''Tonnant'' class - thirty 36-''livre'' guns on the lower deck, thirty-two 24-''livre'' guns on the upper deck, and eighteen 12-''livre'' guns plus six 36-''livre'' obusiers (howitzers) on the spar deck above (the French ''livre'' was about 8% greater than the British pound weight, so that the 36-''livre'' round equated to 38lbs 13.6oz). Under the 1806 ''règlement'', the spar deck ordnance was altered to fourteen 12-''livre'' guns plus ten 36-''livre'' carronades. Subsequently, additional 36-''livre'' carronades were carried by most later ships of the class, raising them to 86-gun ships (with variations in actual numbers). Ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Nymphe (1811)
The ''Nymphe'' was a 40-gun of the French Navy, designed by Sané. Career In 1811, ''Nymphe'' was assigned to a frigate division under Joseph-François Raoul, along with ''Méduse'', tasked to support Java. On 2 September, the frigates arrived at Surabaya, tailed by the 32-gun frigate HMS ''Bucephalus''. On the 4th, another British ship, , joined the chase, but lost contact on the 8th. On the 12th, ''Méduse'' and ''Nymphe'' chased the ''Bucephalus'', which escaped and broke contact the next day. The squadron was back in Brest on 22 December 1811. She then served in the Atlantic. Between 27 and 29 December 1814, the French frigates ''Nymphe'' and captured a number of British merchant ships at . The vessels captured were , Dalley, master, ''Lady Caroline Barham'', Boyce, master, and ''Potsdam'', Cummings, master, all three coming from London and bound to Jamaica; ''Flora'', Ireland, master, from London to Martinique; ''Brazil Packet'', from Madeira to ; and ''Rosario'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Prégel (1810)
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French Frigate Revanche (1795)
The ''Revanche'' was a of the French Navy. On 2 August 1806 ''Revanche'', ''capitaine de frégate'' Lambert, and , ''capitaine de frégate'' Le Duc, captured the Greenland whalers , Swan, master, and ''Blenheim'', Welburn, master, both of and for Hull. The French burnt their captures.''Lloyd's List ''Lloyd's List'' is one of the world's oldest continuously running journals, having provided weekly shipping news in London as early as 1734. It was published daily until 2013 (when the final print issue, number 60,850, was published), and is ...'№4093./ref> On 12 March 1811, ''Revanche'' and captured the British sloop . Citations References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Revanche (1795) Age of Sail frigates of France Romaine-class frigates 1795 ships Ships built in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Clorinde (1808)
''Clorinde'' was a 40-gun of the French Navy, designed by Sané. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1814 and renamed her HMS ''Aurora''. After 19 years as a coal hulk she was broken up in 1851. French frigate From June 1809, she was stationed with the 16-gun and the 38-gun . In September, she sailed with ''Renommée'', ''Loire'', and '' Seine'' to Guadeloupe. On 13 December, she and ''Renommée'' captured . On 15 December 1809, ''Clorinde'' ran aground, and freed herself by dropping guns and ammunition overboard. She took part in the action of 20 May 1811, fought off Madagascar, and returned to Brest. Captain Jacques Saint-Cricq was found guilty of failing to properly support his commodore. Saint-Cricq was demoted of rank, expelled from the Legion of Honour, and sentenced to three years in prison. On 6 December 1813, ''Clorinde'' captured the British merchant vessel in the Atlantic Ocean (). ''Lusitania'', Johnston, master, had been sailing from London to Suriname. ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Méduse (1810)
''Méduse'' was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1810. She took part in the Napoleonic Wars during the late stages of the Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 and in raids in the Caribbean. In 1816, following the Bourbon Restoration, ''Méduse'' was armed en flûte to ferry French officials to the port of Saint-Louis, in Senegal, to formally re-establish French occupation of the colony under the terms of the First Peace of Paris. Through inept navigation by her captain, Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys, who had been given command after the Bourbon Restoration for political reasons and even though he had hardly sailed in 20 years, ''Méduse'' struck the Bank of Arguin off the coast of present-day Mauritania and became a total loss. Most of the 400 passengers on board evacuated, with 146 men and 1 woman forced to take refuge on an improvised raft towed by the frigate's launches. The towing proved impractical, however, and the boats soon abandoned the raft and its p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HDMS Najaden (1796)
HDMS ''Najaden'' (Danish: "The Naiad") was a frigate of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, which she served from 1796 until the British captured her in 1807. While in Dano-Norwegian service she participated in an action at Tripoli, North Africa. She served the Royal Navy as the fifth rate HMS ''Nyaden'' (or ''Nijaden'') from 1808 until 1812 when she was broken up. During her brief British service she participated in some small attacks in the Barents Sea during the Anglo-Russian War. Design ''Najaden'' was the first ship that the great Danish naval architect F.C.H. Hohlenberg designed after he returned home from training abroad. She had several revolutionary innovations and bore more resemblance to 19th century sailing warships than 18th century examples. HMS ''Nymphen'' was the only other member of the class. ''Najaden'' had a slab-sided hull and the typical Hohlenberg pinkie stern, with a place for two stern chaser guns. Gardiner suggests that the pinkie stern and increased tumb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Poictiers (1809)
HMS ''Poictiers'' was a seventy-four (ship), 74-gun Royal Navy third rate. This ship of the line was launched on 9 December 1809 at Upnor. During the War of 1812 she was part of blockade of the United States. She was broken up in 1857. Active service On 28 July 1810 ''Poictiers'' shared with French frigate Embuscade (1789), ''Seine'' and in the recapture of the ''Starling''. On 22 April 1811, ''Poictiers'', and the hired armed vessels, hired armed Cutter (ship), cutter Hired armed cutter Nimrod, ''Nimrod'' captured the French vessel ''Auguste''. They removed her cargo of casks of wine and destroyed the ship. On 24 March 1812, ''Poictiers'' was in company with , , and when they captured ''Emilie''. On 14 August ''Poictiers'' accompanied Admiral Sir Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet, John Borlase Warren, who was sailing to Halifax, Nova Scotia, on , together with , , and . ''Magnet'' disappeared during the voyage and was presumed foundered with all hands. On 18 October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Tremendous (1784)
HMS ''Tremendous'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, designed by Edward Hunt, built to the lines of by William Barnard's yard at Deptford Green, and launched on 30 October 1784. French Revolutionary War service Throughout May 1794 ''Tremendous'', whilst under the command of Captain James Pigott, participated in the campaign which culminated in the Battle of the Glorious First of June. Pigott had kept his ship too far to windward of the enemy to make best use of his guns in the battle; ''Tremendous''s captain was one of several denied medals afterwards. While operating in the Indian Ocean, on 25 April 1799 ''Tremendous'', , and recaptured as she lay at anchor under the guns of the battery at Connonies-Point, Île de France. The French frigate had captured ''Chance'', which was carrying a cargo of rice, in Balasore Roads. The squadron also recaptured another ship that a French privateer had captured in the Bay of Bengal. Lastly, after the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
