Experiment was a 50-gun ship of the line of the British Royal Navy. Captured by Sagittaire during the War of American Independence, she was recommissioned...
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The action of 13 May 1779 was a battle in Cancale Bay, near St Malo, between French and British squadrons of frigates. The French force had been part of...
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Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Experiment: HMS Experiment (1664) was a double-hulled sloop built in 1664 and lost in 1687....
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Sagittaire was a 50-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Sagittaire was designed by Coulomb, but as he had to leave for a mission to Malta, Chapelle...
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The battle ended with the capture of the British post ship Ariel by Amazone. On 11 September 1779, whilst the Ariel was cruising off Charles Town under...
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March 1779 Completed: 6 May 1779 at Deptford Dockyard Fate: Taken by American Bonhomme Richard, assisted by other vessels, and transferred to the French who...
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List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy (category Lists of Royal Navy ships by type)
trial HMS Champion 1779 – hulked as receiving ship 1809, sold 1816 HMS Myrmidon 22 guns 1781; built to the lines of Amazone a French privateer captured...
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British squadron under Captain Sir James Wallace in HMS Experiment attacked the French on 13 May 1779 at Cancale Bay. The British managed to set Valeur (6...
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HMS True Briton (1778) (category Merchant ships of France)
In 1779 she participated in a successful operation that resulted in the capture of a French frigate and several other naval vessels. The French Navy...
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pilot boat Europa 50 (1783) – sold 1814 Experiment class (Williams) Experiment 50 (1774) – captured by France 1779 Medusa 50 (1785) – wrecked 1798 Grampus...
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