''Alcide'' was a 64-gun
ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactics in the Age of Sail, naval tactic known as the line of battl ...
of the
French Navy
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, launched in 1742. The captain of the vessel was Toussaint Hocquart, for the re-enforcement campaign that was sent to
Canada
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in May 1755.
On
8 June 1755, ''Alcide'' was captured by HMS ''Dunkirk'' and HMS ''Torbay'' of Vice-Admiral
Edward Boscawen
Admiral of the Blue Edward Boscawen, Privy Council (United Kingdom), PC (19 August 171110 January 1761) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He is known principally for his various naval commands during the 18th century and the engagements ...
's squadron, and commissioned into the
Royal Navy
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in 1757 as the
third-rate HMS ''Alcide''.
HMS ''Alcide'' was sold out of the navy in May 1772. However, it perhaps remained in service in some form because on 10 July 1772 according to the UK, Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, 1710–1811, Robert Mellefent was apprenticed as a carpenter to Ebenezer Holland to serve on the ship.
Pichon's Lettres et Memories sure Cap Breton, p. 248
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See also
* List of ships captured in the 18th century
* Father Le Loutre's War
Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755), also known as the Indian War, the Mi'kmaq War and the Anglo-Mi'kmaq War, took place between King George's War and the French and Indian War in Acadia and Nova Scotia. On one side of the conflict, the Kingdo ...
Citations
References
*Lavery, Brian, ''The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850.'' Conway Maritime Press, 1983. .
*Winfield, Rif, ''British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates''. Seaforth Publishing, 2007. .
Ships of the line of the French Navy
Alcide (1755)
1743 ships
Captured ships
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