''Aglaé'' was a 32-gun
frigate
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of the
French Navy
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, built to a design by P. Duhamel.
Service
During the Revolutionary wars, she was used to ferry troops to the Caribbean, and spent two years on station at Saint Domingue. In 1793, she undertook a refit, after which she was renamed ''Fraternité''.
Under ''lieutenant de vaisseau''
Gourrège, she cruised off Spain, and later she took part in the
Battle of Groix
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on 23 June 1795 under ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' Florinville.
During the winter 1796, she took part in the
Croisière du Grand Hiver under
vice-admiral Morard de Galles. On 30 December, she helped
''Révolution'' in rescuing the crew of
''Scevola'', which foundered in the tempest off Ireland. ''Fraternité'' returned to Rochefort on 14 January 1797.
On 22 September 1798, Captain
Louis-Marie Le Gouardun took command, until 5 October of the same year.
[Quintin, p.221]
Fate
She was lost at sea in August 1802, as she sailed from Saint Domingue to France.
[Demerliac (1996), p.68, #418.]
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