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Trianon Model Collection
The Trianon model collection is a set of high-quality ship models ordered by Napoléon for documentary purposes. History In July 1810 Denis Decrès Denis Decrès (18 June 1761 – 7 December 1820) was an officer of the French Navy and count, later duke of the First Empire. Early career Decrès was born in Châteauvillain, Haute-Marne on 18 June 1761 and joined the Navy at the age of 18, ... ordered 13 models to be constructed specially for the collection, while others, already built, were gathered. The models were built to a luxurious standard, with precious woods such as ebony and ivory used for the sculptures. Models Sources and References References {{reflist, colwidth=30em Sources La "Collection Trianon"Maquettes de la marine impériale, Collection du musée de la Marine Model boats History of the French Navy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Corvette Bayadère (1811)
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HMS Java (1811)
HMS ''Java'' was a British Royal Navy 38-gun fifth-rate frigate. She was originally laid down in 1805 as ''Renommée'', described as a 40-gun French Navy frigate, but the vessel actually carried 46 guns. The British captured her in 1811 in a noteworthy action during the Battle of Tamatave, but she is most famous for her defeat on 29 December 1812 in a three-hour single-ship action against . ''Java'' had a complement of about 277, but during her engagement with ''Constitution'' she allegedly had 426 aboard, in comparison with her opponent's 475. French service In May 1811, she was part of a three-sail squadron under François Roquebert, comprising ''Renommée'', and '' Néréide'', and ferrying troops to Mauritius. On 20 May, the French encountered a British squadron comprising , , , and . In the ensuing Battle of Tamatave, ''Renommée'' struck after her mainsail was set on fire. The British captured ''Néréide'' five days later at Tamatave, Madagascar. ''Clorinde'', com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Républicaine Française (1794)
The ''Républicaine française'' was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, of the ''Galathée'' class. The Royal Navy captured her in 1796. The Navy fitted her as a troopship in 1800, but both as a troopship, and earlier as a frigate, she captured several small Spanish and French privateers. She was broken up in 1810. French service Ordered in March 1793 as ''Panthère'', she became ''République française'' in January 1794, and eventually ''Républicaine française'' when commissioned in May, as the name had been attributed to the 120-gun ''République française''. Under Lieutenant François Pitot, she cruised the Atlantic off Brest. On 30 May 1795, she was again renamed to ''Renommée''. Action of 13 June 1796 In July 1796, ''Renommée'' patrolled the Caribbean off Porto Rico. On 12 July, she chased a strange ship, which she joined around 18:00. The ship hoisted two flags half-mast and fired a shot, to which ''Renommée'' responded by flying her colours. Immediately, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galathée-class Frigate
The ''Galathée'' class was a type of 32-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran, with 26 × 12-pounder and 6 × 6-pounder guns. six units were built in all, seeing service during the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War, and later in the French Revolutionary Wars. The Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ... captured and took into service five of the six, the sixth being wrecked early in the French Revolutionary Wars. * ''Galathée'' :Builder: Rochefort :Ordered: :Launched: 1779 :Fate: wrecked in 1795 * ''Railleuse'' :Builder: Bordeaux :Ordered: :Launched: 1779 :Fate: sold as a privateer and captured in 1804 by the Royal Navy. Taken into British service as HMS ''Antigua''. * ''Fleur de Lys'' :Builder: Rochefort :O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Jacques-Nicolas Rolland
Baron Pierre-Jacques-Nicolas Rolland (17 June 1769 – 9 December 1837) was a French naval architect and engineer. Pierre-Jacques-Nicolas Rolland was born on 17 June 1769 in the harbour town of Brest, into the family of Pierre Nicolas Rolland, engineer-constructor of the Brest Port. He followed his father's footsteps and in 1785, at the age of 16 entered the service at Rochefort Port. In 1795 he fought the British fleet at the naval battle of Genoa on board the French ship ''Sans Culotte''.Better known as ''Orient'', as she was named at the Battle of the Nile Ten years later he was already an established engineer and shortly thereafter chief engineer. In 1802 the launching (under his direction) of two major ships, the ''République-Française'' and the ''Magnanime'', drew the attention of Denis Decrès, Minister of the Navy, and of Napoléon Bonaparte himself to the young engineer. In 1808, Bonaparte visited Rochefort's naval dockyard and was highly satisfied with Rolland's wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Flore (1806)
''Flore'' was a 44-gun or 40-gun of the French Navy. Service history In 1808, she was part of Ganteaume's squadron that cruised in the Mediterranean. On 12 March 1811, she was part of Bernard Dubourdieu's squadron sailing to raid the British commerce raider base of the island of Lissa. The squadron encountered William Hoste's frigate squadron, leading to the Battle of Lissa. In the ensuing fight, ''Flore'' was distanced by her flagship , which engaged the British flagship , and ran aground. ''Flore'' and ''Bellona'' caught on and engaged ''Amphion'' in a crossfire. ''Amphion'' outmanoeuvred ''Flore'' and raked her for ten minutes, after which ''Flore'' struck her colours. The battle still raging, the British failed to send a capture crew aboard, and ''Flore'' eventually joined the surviving ''Carolina'' and and fleeing to Ragusa. ''Flore'' was wrecked in a tempest off Chioggia on 30 November 1811, with the loss of 75. Her commanding officer, Frigate Captain Lissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Armide-class Frigate
The ''Armide'' class was a type of 40-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Pierre Roland. A highly detailed and accurate model of , one of the units of the class, is on display at Paris naval museum, originally part of the Trianon model collection. Vessels in class * :Builder: Rochefort :Begun: :Launched: 1804 :Completed: :Fate: captured by British Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ..., 1806. * ''Minerve'' :Builder: Rochefort :Begun: :Launched: 1805 :Completed: :Fate: captured by British Navy, 1806. * :Builder: Bordeaux :Begun: :Launched: 1806 :Completed: :Fate: sold for scrap, 1828. * :Builder: Rochefort :Begun: :Launched: 1806 :Completed: :Fate: wrecked, 1811. * :Builder: Cherbourg :Begun: :Launched: 1808 :Completed: :Fate: burnt, 1809. * :Builder: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
