Alceste was a Magicienne-class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1780, that the British seized at the Siege of Toulon. They transferred her to the...
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Alceste has been the name two ships in the French Navy: French frigate Alceste (1780), launched in 1780 and captured by the Royal Navy in 1799 French...
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This article is a list of French naval frigates during the Age of Sail, from the middle of the 17th century (when the type emerged) until the close of...
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April 1780 Begun: May 1780 Launched: 14 October 1780 Completed: February 1781 Fate: captured by British Navy off Bordeaux on 19 August 1799. Alceste Builder:...
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Louis-Jean-Nicolas Lejoille (category French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars)
himself during the action of 8 June 1794 where the frigate Alceste was captured, and transferred on Alceste as her new captain. In 1795, he took part in the...
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HMS Fox was a 32-gun Active-class fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 2 June 1780 at Bursledon, Hampshire by George Parsons. Fox...
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HMS Berwick (1775) (redirect from French ship Berwick (1795))
ran into the French fleet. In the ensuing action the French captured Berwick. At 11 am, close off Cap Corse, the French frigate Alceste passed to leeward...
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HMS Triton (1796) (category Fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy)
HMS Triton was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy designed by James Gambier and launched in 1796 at Deptford. Triton was an experimental ship...
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captured in May by a French privateer. Alceste ( French Navy): Siege of Toulon 18 September – 18 December: The Magicienne-class frigate was seized by the...
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in the action of 18 June 1799, securing the surrender of the frigates Junon and Alceste, and helping HMS Centaur in capturing Courageuse. In 1801, she...
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HMS Mercury (1779) (category Sixth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy)
HMS Mercury was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built during the American War of Independence and serving during...
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Giuseppe Albini (admiral) (category 1780 births)
officer on the frigate Alceste, he took part in the siege of Toulon and was subsequently taken prisoner of war on 8 June 1794, when the Alceste was captured...
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Jean Joseph Hubert (category French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars)
the frigate Boudeuse, and transferred to the frigate Alceste on 31 March 1795. On 4 May 1795, Hubert was promoted to captain. Still captaining Alceste, he...
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October 2021. "French Sixth Rate gabarre 'La Nourrice' (1780)". Threedecks. Retrieved 2 October 2021. "French Fifth Rate frigate 'Alceste' (1780)". Threedecks...
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attack New Orleans. Also present in the squadron were the troopships HMS Alceste, HMS Belle Poule, HMS Dover, and HMS Fox, and the warship HMS Norge. Bedford...
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1703. HMS Scout (1780) was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1780 after having been purchased on the stocks. The French frigates Alceste and Vestale captured...
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HMS Dictator (1783) (section French Revolutionary Wars)
hereby given to the officers and companies of His Majesty's ships Aetna, Alceste, Anaconda, Armide, Asia, Bedford, Belle Poule, Borer, Bucephalus, Calliope...
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rigging but was outgunned and surrendered to Cumberland. The French frigates Justice and Alceste tried to tow her to safety but Victory drove them off. Soon...
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