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Originally Posted by Bligh

Duguay-Trouin.

Part 1 (In French Service.)





Originally named Duguay-Trouin after René Trouin, Sieur du Gué who was a famous Breton corsair of Saint-Malo. He had a brilliant privateering and naval career and eventually became "Lieutenant-General of the Naval Armies of the King."





Construction, to a plan by Rolland but updated to a plan

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Originally Posted by Bligh

Duguay-Trouin.

Part 2 (In British Service.)


HMS Implacable.

HMS Implacable was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was originally the French Navy's Téméraire-class ship of the line Duguay-Trouin, launched in 1800.




She survived the Battle of Trafalgar only for the British to capture her at the subsequent Battle of Cape Ortegal.
Capture.

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I admit it is only in Danish, but a beautiful melody:

http://youtu.be/mSeeyBACoD8

Morten

Originally Posted by Bligh

FRENCH FRIGATE COURAGEUSE.






Courageuse was a 12-pounder Concorde class frigate of the French Navy. She was launched in 1778. The British captured her in 1799 and thereafter used her as a receiving ship or prison hulk at Malta before breaking her up in 1802.
The Concorde class was a type of 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Henri Chevillard, carrying 12-pounder long guns as their main armament. Three

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Originally Posted by Bligh

FRENCH FRIGATE COURAGEUSE.

Not quite so much info available on some of the Frigate Captains I'm afraid.


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Courageuse was a 12-pounder Concorde class frigate of the French Navy. She was launched in 1778. The British captured her in 1799 and thereafter used her as a receiving ship or prison hulk at Malta before breaking her up in 1802.
The Concorde class was a type of 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Henri

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