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Etna-class Corvette
The ''Etna'' class was a class of six 16 or 18-gun corvettes with a flat hull, designed by Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait and his pupil Charles-Henri Tellier. Four separate commercial shipbuilders were involved in their construction by contract - including André-François Normand, Courtois and Denise at Honfleur, and Fouache at Le Havre (two ships), while the sixth vessel was built by Pierre Ozanne at Cherbourg Dockyard. The vessels were flush-decked and originally designed to carry a 12-inch mortar. However, as the British navy captured ''Etna'' within a year and a half of her launch at which time she was not carrying any mortar, it is possible that the design was modified quite early to delete the mortar. The Royal Navy captured three of the six vessels in the class. Three members of the class (including two in Royal Navy service), were lost to wrecking or grounding. Only one of the corvettes served for over 20 years. ''Etna'' class (6 ships) * ''Etna'' :Builder: André F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corvette
A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the sloop-of-war. The modern roles that a corvette fulfills include coastal patrol craft, missile boat and fast attack craft. These corvettes are typically between 500 tons and 2,000 .although recent designs may approach 3,000 tons, having size and capabilities that overlap with smaller frigates. However unlike contemporary frigates, a modern corvette does not have sufficient endurance and seaworthiness for long voyages. The word "corvette" is first found in Middle French, a diminutive of the Dutch word ''corf'', meaning a "basket", from the Latin ''corbis''. The rank "corvette captain", equivalent in many navies to "lieutenant commander", derives from the name of this type of ship. The rank is the most junior of three "captain" ranks in sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Corvette Vésuve (1795)
''Vésuve'' was an 18-gun Etna-class corvette, ''Etna''-class corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1795. She was decommissioned in 1815 and broken up in 1830. Career At the action of 30 May 1798 ''Vésuve'' and the French corvette ''Confiante'' battled the frigate , the bomb vessel , and the cutter (ship), cutter . ''Confiante'' and ''Vésuve'' ran aground. The British were able to destroy ''Confiante'' but they were unable to reach ''Vésuve'', which the French later refloated. ''Vésuve'' served at Le Havre under ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Rousseau between 15 nivôse and 23 prairial An XI (5 January to 12 June 1801). Between November 1801 and February 1802 she was at Le Havre being fitted as a ''En flûte, flûte'' of 20 guns. In February 1807 she was refitted as a 20-gun corvette. By 1 February 1812, she served at Cherbourg under ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Le Chosel. On 17 March, she crossed from Le Havre to Cherbourg. From 1 September to 6 October 1813, she served und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Sail Corvettes Of France
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Corvette Classes
List of corvette classes by country during the modern era (post 1940); (see also List of frigate classes and List of frigate classes by country) Algeria ( Algerian Navy) * Argentina ( Argentine Navy) * * (French-built ) * Australia (Royal Australian Navy) * Brazil (Brazilian Navy) * * ''Barroso'' class Brunei (Royal Brunei Navy) * F2000 class (transferred to Indonesian Navy) Canada ( Royal Canadian Navy) * * China ( People's Liberation Army Navy) * Type 056 Denmark (Royal Danish Navy) * * ''Triton'' class () * HDMS ''Thetis'' (ex British ) Ecuador ( Ecuadorian Navy) * Egypt ( Egyptian Navy) * ''El Suez'' class (former ) * ''El Fateh'' class ( Gowind 2500 class) Finland (Finnish Navy) * * (in development) France (French Navy) * (French rate them as avisos) Germany (German Navy) * India (Indian Navy) Decommissioned corvette classes * * * Corvettes classes in active service * * * * * Indonesia (Indones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Corvette Torche (1795)
''Torche'' was a French naval ''Etna''-class ship-sloop launched in 1795. She participated in the action of 19 July 1805, with the Royal Navy capturing her one-month later, in August. She was taken into service as HMS ''Torch'' but never commissioned and was broken up in 1811. Career and capture From 2 June 1795, ''Torche'' served at Honfleur under Lieutenant Péronne. On 9 February 1803, ''Torche'', under Lieutenant Dehen the elder, departed Camaret, bound to Le Havre and Dunkirk. From there, she ferried troops to Santo Domingo, and transported general Pierre Quantin on her journey back to Cadiz, where she arrived on 27 November 1803. On 19 July 1805 ''Torche'', which was under the command of lieutenant Nicolas-Philippe Dehen, was part of a squadron of four vessels under François-André Baudin, that three days after they had left Martinique captured HMS ''Blanche'' off Puerto Rico. ''Torche''s companions were the 40-gun French frigate '' Topaze'', the 22-gun corvette ''Dép ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Goliath (1781)
HMS ''Goliath'' was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line in the Royal Navy. She was built by Adam Hayes at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 19 October 1781. She was present at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, Battle of the Nile, and Battle of Copenhagen. She was broken up in 1815. French Revolutionary Wars She is recorded as entering Portsmouth Harbour on 24 September 1785. She is also recorded as being at the Tagus on 21 December 1796, when the Mediterranean Fleet arrived, and sailed from there on the following 20 January with a Portuguese convoy. On 6 February, she was joined off Cape St Vincent by a squadron detached from the Channel Fleet, and was present with it at Jervis's action against the Spanish on 14 February 1797. She was commanded during that action by Captain Charles H. Knowles, and lost only eight wounded and none killed. However, Jervis called Knowles 'an imbecile, totally incompetent; the ''Goliath'' no use whatever under his command,' and so after the ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Corvette Mignonne (1797)
''Mignonne'' was an 18-gun ''Etna''-class corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1795. She served until 1803 when the British captured her. Though she served briefly, there is no record of her actually being commissioned into the Royal Navy; she grounded and was condemned in 1804. French service and capture ''Mignonne'' was built in Cherbourg from 1794 to 1797 and was launched on 15 October 1795. Between 3 and 16 September 1797, she served at Cherbourg under commander Jourdan. Under Lieutenant Yset, she took part in the Caribbean campaign led by Admiral Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse in 1803. She was involved in the capture of Fort Graville on 6 February, and Camp de Louise on 8 February. On 28 June 1803, as she sailed with the frigate '' Poursuivante'', she encountered a British convoy off San Domingo, part of the Blockade of Saint-Domingue. One of the escorts, HMS ''Goliath'', was sailing inshore off Cape Nicholas Mole, to try to find two vessels seen earlier. She encou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Corvette Étonnante (1796)
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French Corvette Cérès (1795)
''Cérès'' was an 18-gun ''Etna''-class corvette of the French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ..., launched in 1795. Begun in 1794 as ''Courageuse'', the corvette was renamed ''Cérès'' in May 1795 and launched the same month. In 1797, she was again renamed, as ''Enfant de la Patrie''. She was wrecked on the shores of Norway on 17 February 1798. Notes Citations References * (1671-1870) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ceres (1795) Age of Sail corvettes of France 1795 ships Ships built in France Etna-class corvettes Maritime incidents in 1798 Shipwrecks of Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Builder's Old Measurement
Builder's Old Measurement (BOM, bm, OM, and o.m.) is the method used in England from approximately 1650 to 1849 for calculating the cargo capacity of a ship. It is a volumetric measurement of cubic capacity. It estimated the tonnage of a ship based on length and maximum beam (nautical), beam. It is expressed in "tons burden" ( en-em , burthen , enm , byrthen ), and abbreviated "tons bm". The formula is: : \text = \frac where: * ''Length'' is the length, in foot (length), feet, from the stem (ship), stem to the sternpost; * ''Beam (nautical), Beam'' is the maximum beam, in feet. The Builder's Old Measurement formula remained in effect until the advent of steam propulsion. Steamships required a different method of estimating tonnage, because the ratio of length to beam was larger and a significant volume of internal space was used for boilers and machinery. In 1849, the Moorsom System was created in the United Kingdom. The Moorsom system calculates the cargo-carrying capaci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honfleur
Honfleur () is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. The people that inhabit Honfleur are called ''Honfleurais.'' It is especially known for its old port, characterized by its houses with slate-covered frontages, painted frequently by artists. There have been many notable artists, including, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind, forming the ''école de Honfleur'' (Honfleur school) which contributed to the appearance of the Impressionist movement. The Sainte-Catherine church, which has a bell tower separate from the principal building, is the largest wooden church in France. History The first written record of Honfleur is a reference by Richard III, Duke of Normandy, in 1027. By the middle of the 12th century, the city represented a significant transit point for goods from Rouen to Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Corvette Etna (1795)
''Etna'' was a French naval ship-sloop launched in 1795 that the Royal Navy captured in November 1796. She was taken into service as HMS ''Aetna'' and renamed to HMS ''Cormorant'' the next year. She captured several merchant vessels and privateers before she was wrecked in 1800 off the coast of Egypt. Capture ''Etna''s first commander was ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Coudre Lacoudrais. By the time of her capture off Barfleur, he had received a promotion to ''capitaine de frégate''. In the night of 13 to 14 November 1796, ''Etna'' departed Le Havre, and was chased in the morning by and , which she tried to distance. ''Melampus'' came within range around 15:30 ''Etna'' resisted for two hours before striking her colours as joined the battle. The ''London Gazette'' reported that on 13 November and drove a French navy corvette ashore near Barfleur. However the British were not able to get close enough to assure her destruction. Then ''Melampus'' and captured another corvette, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
