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Frederic Roux
- Watercolours
C. From L'Album de L'Amiral Willaumez
(Watercolours by
Frederic Roux of ships
the Admiral had served in or commanded) -
warship
details from Wickipedia entries 'List of Ships of the Line of
France',
'List of French
sail Frigates' and 'Order of Battle at the
Battle of Trafalgar'.
Le
Bien-aime (Vaisseau de 74 - Ship of the line with 74 guns) -
launhed
1869
La
Flamand (Vaisseau de 64 - Ship of the line with 64 guns),
launched 1765 at Bordeaux
and was
withdrawn
from service in 1771. The painting is not of a 'Vaisseau de
64' and
Wiiaumez
served in a ship
'Flamand' in 1878.
La
Louise (Both du Roi) knocked
down and sunk in 1778 off Martinique.
Les Amis
(corvette du Roi)
La
Ville de Paris (Vaisseau a 2 ponts - Ship of the Line 2 gun
decks).
Launched
in
1764 at Rochefort initially with 90 guns enlarged to 104 guns. captured
by the
British in the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782 and sank in a
storm later that year.
L'Amazone (fregate du 12 -
frigate armed with 12 pounder guns) in the
American
Revolutionary
campaign
engaged with a
British frigate. L'Amazone was launched
at St
Malo in 1778 and
carried 32 guns.
It was captured by the British Navy in 1782
but
retaken the next
day. It was wrecked in1797.
Le
Silphe (Brie du Roi - French naval brig)
La
Lionne (Gabare du Roi - armed transport)
La Forte
(Gabare du Roi - armed transport)
L'Astree
(Fregate de 12 - frigate with 12 pounder guns). Launched 1780 at
Brest,
armed
with 32 guns, Lost without trace in the Indian Ocean in 1795.
La
Patriote (Vaisseau de 74 - Ship of the Line with 74 guns).
Launched
1785 at Brest, broken up 1833.
La
Recherche commanded by Rear Admiral d'Entrcasteau and L'Esperance
in the
search for La Peyrouse.
Le Trinquenomale -
Vaiseau Hollandais de 50 -
Dutch Ship of the
Line of 50 guns)
Le Seagen (Dutch East India
Company ship)
La
Prudente (fregate de 12 - frigate with 12 pounder guns).
Launched at
Lorient in 1790, armed with 32
guns. Sold for service as a privateer in 1798.
Le
Leger (corvette of 18 guns). Corvette a fast, ship rigged
vessel.
Le
Pluton (Vaisseau de 74 - Ship of the Line with 74 guns).
Launched
in 1788
at
Rochefort. Participated in the battle of Trafalgar in October
1805 and
suffered damage and a quarter of her crew killed or
wounded, but escaped.
Subsequently broken up.
Le
Bergiere (Corvette a 3 mats, de 18 canons de 24 - Corvette,
ship rigged
with
18X24 pounder guns)
La
Regeneree (forte fregate portant du 12 - powerful figate with
12
pounder guns).
Launched in 1794 at
St Malo, armed with 40 guns - 28X12 pounders 12X6 pounders.
Captured by the British Navy in 1801 and renamed HMS Alexandria.
A
Division
of three French naval frigates and a
brig.
Le
Dugay-Truin (Vaisseau de 74 - Ship of the Line 74 guns) Launched
1800
at
Rochefort. Participated in
the battle of Trafalgar in Octber 1805. Escaped
but was captured in the
following month after the Battle of Cape Ortegal.
Renamed
HMS Implacable.
La
Poursuivant (Fregate portant du 24 - frigatate with 24 pounder
guns)
Launched in 1896 at Dunkirk. Armed
with 20x24 pounder guns and a
12
inch mortar.
L'Algesiras (Vaisseau de 74 - Ship of the Line with 74
guns)
Launched in
1804 at Lorient. Captured by the British at the Battle of
Trafalgar in October
1805 where 29
per cent of its crew were casualties. Recaptured by the French
two days later, went to Cadiz where it
was captured by the Spanish in 1808
and renamedAlgeciras. Decommissioned in 1826.
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