Destin was a 74-gun ship of the French Navy. In 1778, Destin cruised in the Eastern Mediterranean. In 1780, she was appointed to the squadrons bound for...
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74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, known mostly for being the flagship of Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez during the Anglo-French War....
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is a list of French ships of the line of the period 1621–1870 (plus some from the period before 1621). Battlefleet units in the French Navy (Marine Royale...
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January 1779, she was given chase by four French ships, comprising two men-of-war, the Caton (64) and the Destin (74), and two smaller vessels. Wallace attempted...
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Charles Henri Hector, Count of Estaing (category French people executed by guillotine during the French Revolution)
service, and he transferred to the French Navy. Following France's entry into the American War of Independence in 1778, d'Estaing led a fleet to aid the...
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Léopardins (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
resist the reforms of the French Revolution, claiming to be above the Governor General. They sailed to France aboard the military ship Le Léopard to try to...
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captured by the French Navy. Modéré ( French Navy): Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 56-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. Prompt ( French Navy): Battle...
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Battle of the Saintes (category Naval battles of the Anglo-French War (1778–1783))
end the war. The French suffered heavy casualties at the Saintes and many were taken prisoner, including de Grasse. Four French ships of the line were...
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Battle of the Chesapeake (category Naval battles of the Anglo-French War (1778–1783))
(1964) and Morrissey (1997)) do not list per-ship casualties for the French fleet. Larrabee reports the French to have suffered 209 casualties; Bougainville...
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Niama (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
réduite à l'esclavage". lexpress.mu (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-14. "Pièce de théâtre : "Niama", le destin hors du commun d'une princesse sénégalaise"...
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