|
French Frigate Sibylle (1777)
''Sibylle'' was a 32-gun copper-hulled, frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of Sibylle class frigate, her class. Career ''Sibylle'' took part in the Battle of Ushant (1778), Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778, under Sébastien Mahé de Kerhouan. She was part of the division under Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte that captured 18 British merchantmen in the action of 2 May 1781. In 1783, ''Sibylle'' was under Captain Théobald René de Kergariou-Locmaria. On 2 January, she fought a hotly contested, and ultimately inconclusive action of 2 January 1783 against HMS French frigate Magicienne (1778), ''Magicienne''. ''Sibylle'' effected repairs and returned to the sea, but ended up being captured by HMS Centurion (1774), HMS ''Centurion'' and Protector (1779 frigate), ''Hussar'' in the action of 22 January 1783. Fate The British broke up ''Sibylle'' in 1784. Citations References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sibylle (1777) Age of Sail frigates of France Ships built in France Sibyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Of 2 January 1783
The action of 2 January 1783 was a minor naval battle that took place in the Caribbean Sea during the last stages of the American War of Independence. Severe fighting between a Royal Navy frigate French frigate Magicienne (1778), HMS ''Magicienne'' and a French frigate ''Sibylle'' went on for nearly two hours, but in that time both frigates were reduced to wrecks. Events Background Captain Thomas Graves (Royal Navy officer), Thomas Graves was in command of HMS ''Magicienne'' and was part of the British blockade off Cap-Haïtien, Cap-François, Saint-Domingue by the Royal Naval Jamaica Station (Royal Navy), Jamaica station. Off Cap-François into the open sea, a French convoy was sighted by HMS Endymion (1779), HMS ''Endymion''. At 0630 the ''Endymion'' made a signal that the convoy was French. The French convoy had sailed from Cap-François on 27 December 1782 carrying goods and money to Chesapeake Bay. A ship of the convoy had strayed and steered toward the British ship. At 0900 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Magicienne (1778)
''Magicienne'' was a frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of Magicienne-class frigate, her class. The British captured her in 1781 and she served with the Royal Navy until her crew burned her in 1810 to prevent her capture after she grounded at Isle de France (Mauritius), Isle de France (now Mauritius). During her service with the Royal Navy she captured several privateers and participated in the Battle of San Domingo. French service and capture ''Magicienne'' was built to a design by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb at Toulon. She was the first of 12 vessels built to her design. She served in Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers, Orvilliers' fleet under Chevalier de Boades, and later under Captain Louis-Josué Janvre de la Bouchetière, Janvre de la Bouchetière captured her on 2 September 1781 off Cape Ann. In the action the French lost 60 men killed and 40 wounded, including Ensign Dethan killed and La Bouchetière wounded ; the British lost one man killed and one man wounded. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ships Built In France
A ship is a large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity and purpose. Ships have supported exploration, trade, warfare, migration, colonization, and science. Ship transport is responsible for the largest portion of world commerce. The word ''ship'' has meant, depending on the era and the context, either just a large vessel or specifically a ship-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts, each of which is square-rigged. The earliest historical evidence of boats is found in Egypt during the 4th millennium BCE. In 2024, ships had a global cargo capacity of 2.4 billion tons, with the three largest classes being ships carrying dry bulk (43%), oil tankers (28%) and container ships (14%). Nomenclature Ships are typically larger than boats, but there is no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Sail Frigates Of France
Age or AGE may refer to: Time and its effects * Age, the amount of time someone has been alive or something has existed ** East Asian age reckoning, an Asian system of marking age starting at 1 * Ageing or aging, the process of becoming older ** Senescence, the gradual deterioration of biological function with age ** Human development (biology) * Periodization, the process of categorizing the past into discrete named blocks of time ** Ages of Man, the stages of human existence on the Earth according to Greek mythology and its subsequent Roman interpretation ** Prehistoric age Places * AGE, the IATA airport code for Wangerooge Airfield, in Lower Saxony, Germany People * Åge, a given name * Aage, a given name * Agenore Incrocci, an Italian screenwriter Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * ''Ages'', worlds in the ''Myst'' video game series Music * "Age" (song), a song by Jim and Ingrid Croce Periodicals * ''Age'' (journal), a scientific journal on ageing, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Of 22 January 1783
The action of 22 January 1783 was a single-ship action fought off the Chesapeake Bay during the American War of Independence. The British frigate ''Hussar'', under the command of Thomas Macnamara Russell, captured the French frigate ''Sybille'', under the command of Théobald René de Kergariou-Locmaria. The circumstances of the battle included controversial French violations of accepted rules of war regarding the flying of false flags and distress signals. Background ''Sybille'', a relatively new French frigate, was commanded by Captain Théobald René de Kergariou-Locmaria. ''Sybille'' had three weeks previously engaged the 32-gun British frigate HMS ''Magicienne'', under Captain Thomas Graves. The ships had fought until they had both been dismasted and were forced to disengage. ''Sybille'' made for a French port under a jury rig and was then caught in a violent storm. Due to this unfortunate series of events, Kergariou had been obliged to throw twelve of his guns over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protector (1779 Frigate)
''Protector'' was a 28-gun frigate of the Massachusetts State Navy launched in 1779. She fought a single-ship action against the British privateer ''Admiral Duff'' before the Royal Navy captured her in 1781. The British navy took her into service as the sixth-rate post ship HMS ''Hussar''. ''Hussar'' too engaged in a notable action against the French 32-gun frigate ''Sybille''. The Royal Navy sold ''Hussar'' in 1783, and a Dutch ship-owner operating from Copenhagen purchased her. She made one voyage to the East Indies for him before he sold her to British owners circa 1786. She leaves ''Lloyd's Register'' by 1790. Career Massachusetts Navy Captain John Foster Williams received command of the new 20 or 28-gun frigate ''Protector'' in the spring of 1780, and took her to sea in June. In accordance with instructions from the Board of War, the new warship cruised in the vicinity of the Newfoundland Banks, on the lookout for British merchantmen. Her vigilance was rewarded early in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Centurion (1774)
HMS ''Centurion'' was a 50-gun ''Salisbury''-class fourth rate of the Royal Navy. She served during the American War of Independence, and during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. During the war with America, ''Centurion'' saw action in a number of engagements and supported British forces in the Caribbean and the North American coasts. Spending the period of peace either serving as a flagship in the Caribbean or laid up or under refit in British dockyards, she was recommissioned in time to see action in the wars with France, particularly in the East Indies. Her most important action came in the Battle of Vizagapatam in 1804, in which she fought against the French squadron of Contre-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Durand Linois that consisted of a 74-gun ship, and two frigates. Despite sustaining severe damage, she continued fighting, and survived the assault by the considerably heavier forces. Returning to Britain shortly afterwards, she was refitted and transferred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théobald René De Kergariou-Locmaria
Théobald-René, Comte de Kergariou-LocmariaOr Thibaud-René de Kergariou-Locmaria; see Taillemite, p. 273 (17 September 1739Levot, ''Gloires maritimes'', p. 256 – 16 July 1795Levot, ''Gloires maritimes'', p. 258) was a French Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War. Career Kergariou-Locmaria was born on 17 September 1739 at Coatilliau Castle, near Lannion, in a family of old nobility. He was brother to Jonathas de Kergariou-Locmaria,killed in 1765 during the Larache expedition to Pierre-Joseph de Kergariou-Rosconnet and to Raymond-Marie de Kergariou-Coatlès. Early career Kergariou-Locmaria joined the Navy in the Gardes de la Marine in 1755, and served on the 50-gun ''Aigle'', under Captain de Saint-Alouarn, in a fleet bound for Saint-Domingue and commanded by Perier. Promoted to Ensign on 17 April 1757,Levot, ''Biographie bretonne'', vol.2, p. 10 he was appointed to command the batteries of the coastal defences of Saint-Domingue. He served at s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques-Noël Sané
Jacques-Noël Sané (18 February 1740 – 22 August 1831) was a French shipwright. He was the creator of standardised designs for ship of the line, ships of the line and frigates fielded by the French Navy in the 1780s, which served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars and in some cases remained in service into the 1860s. Several ships designed by him were captured by the Royal Navy, which commissioned and even copied several of them. His achievements led Sané to be nicknamed the "naval Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Vauban."French: "''Vauban de la Marine''", after Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban known for his breakthrough Fortifications of Vauban, fortifications. Biography Born in Brest in a family of sailors, Sané became a student engineer in 1758 and joined the naval construction academy in Paris in 1765, graduating on 1 October 1766 as an assistant engineer. In 1767, he worked under Ollivier the Elder on naval ships, and with Antoine Choquet de Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Of 2 May 1781
Action may refer to: * Action (philosophy), something which is done by a person * Action principles the heart of fundamental physics * Action (narrative), a literary mode * Action fiction, a type of genre fiction * Action game, a genre of video game Film * Action film, a genre of film * ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford * ''Action'' (1980 film), a film by Tinto Brass * ''Action 3D'', a 2013 Telugu language film * ''Action'' (2019 film), a Kollywood film. Music * Action (music), a characteristic of a stringed instrument * Action (piano), the mechanism which drops the hammer on the string when a key is pressed * The Action, a 1960s band Albums * ''Action'' (B'z album) (2007) * ''Action!'' (Desmond Dekker album) (1968) * '' Action Action Action'' or ''Action'', a 1965 album by Jackie McLean * ''Action!'' (Oh My God album) (2002) * ''Action'' (Oscar Peterson album) (1968) * ''Action'' (Punchline album) (2004) * ''Action'' (Question Mark & the Mysterians album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet De La Motte
Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la MotteIn the 18th century, spelling could vary and the name is sometimes spelt "Piquet" and "La Mothe" (1 November 1720 – 10 June 1791) was a French Navy officer. Over a career spanning 50 years, he served under Louis XV and Louis XVI and took part in 34 military engagements. He fought in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War, earning the ranks of Commandeur in the Order of Saint Louis in 1780, and of Grand Cross in 1784. He died during the French Revolution. Biography Early life La Motte-Picquet joined the Gardes de la Marine in Brest, France, Brest on 11 July 1735,Levot, p. 127 then aged 15. Two years later, he served on the frigate French frigate Vénus (1724), ''Vénus'' in a campaign against the Barbary pirates, Barbary corsairs of Salé.Hennequin, p.361 On 1 January 1743, he rose to ''sous-brigadier des gardes de la marine'', and then to ''aide d'artillerie'' on 10 December, after serving in two campaigns in the Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
