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    HMS Nymphe was a fifth-rate frigate of the British Royal Navy, formerly the French Nymphe, lead ship of her class. HMS Flora, under the command of Captain...
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  • burnt by accident in 1783. HMS Nymphe (1780) was a 36-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1780 and wrecked in 1810. HMS Nymphen (1807) was a 36-gun...
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    killed and 81 wounded aboard La Nymphe, from a crew of 291. Nymphe was transferred into the Royal Navy (as HMS Nymphe) the following March after repairs...
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  • 1695. HMS Hope (1764) was a 6-gun schooner purchased in 1764 and sold in 1778. HMS Hope (1775) was the American mercantile brig Sea Nymphe that HMS Mercury...
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    Vincent in 1780 and the capture of the Comte de Artois off Ireland in August. On 19 July 1780, Bienfaisant encountered the French 32-gun frigate Nymphe, returning...
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    Completed: November 1777 Fate: captured by British Royal Navy in 1780 and became HMS Nymphe. Andromaque Builder: Brest Begun: August 1777 Launched: 24 December...
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    Charles-Marie de Trolong du Rumain (category 1780 deaths)
    captaining the 32-gun Chimère. In 1780, he was in command of the frigate Nymphe. On 10 August 1780, Nymphe encountered HMS Flora off Ushant, and Trolong du...
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    1810 HMS Nisus 1810 HMS Macedonian 1810 HMS Crescent 1810 HMS Bacchante 1811 HMS Nymphe 1812 HMS Sirius 1813 HMS Laurel 1813 HMS Forte 38-gun fifth rate...
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    1780, August 10 – HMS Flora defeats the French ship Nymphe in the first engagement thought to involve the carronade.(details) 1780, September 9 – HMS Keppel...
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  • HMS Fox was a 32-gun Active-class fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 2 June 1780 at Bursledon, Hampshire by George Parsons. Fox...
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    February 1793. Pellew immediately applied for a ship and was appointed to the Nymphe, a 36-gun frigate which he fitted out in a remarkably short time. He had...
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    Astrée was a 32-gun Nymphe-class frigate of the French Navy. She served in the War of American Independence under Captain Lapérouse, notably taking part...
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    HMS Indefatigable was one of the Ardent-class 64-gun third-rate ships-of-the-line designed by Sir Thomas Slade in 1761 for the Royal Navy. She was built...
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    Thomas Collingwood (category 1780 deaths)
    Thomas Collingwood (c.1730 – 1780) was a British Royal Navy commander, who served on HMS Fortune, HMS Siren, and HMS Jersey, among others. Collingwood...
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    Navy 1780 and became HMS Nymphe. Andromaque, (launched 24 December 1777 at Brest) – wrecked to avoid capture 1796. Astrée, (launched 16 May 1780 at Brest)...
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  • launched in 1868 and sold in 1882. HMS Swallow (1885) was a Nymphe-class sloop launched in 1885 and sold in 1904. HMS Swallow (1918) was an S-class destroyer...
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    HMS Phaeton was a 38-gun, Minerva-class fifth rate of Britain's Royal Navy. This frigate was most noted for her intrusion into Nagasaki harbour in 1808...
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    the Battle of Saint Kitts, where she accidentally fouled the frigate HMS Nymphe, cutting her down to the water, and losing her own bowsprit. This delayed...
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  • Astrée (1728), a 30-gun frigate. Astrée (1778), a 28-gun corvette. Astrée (1780), a 40-gun Nymphe-class frigate. Astrée (1809), a 44-gun frigate. Astrée (1820), a...
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    realized that they were not British. They were in fact the French frigates Nymphe and Concorde. An all-day chase ensued until about 9 p.m. when one of the...
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    between Junon and Gentille against HMS Ardent, and the Battle of Martinique. He also painted the Battle of Martinique of 1780. At the Salon de la Correspondance...
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  • Henry. She was carrying flour to Havana. That same day they took the brig Nymphe, also off Cape Henry, and also carrying flour to Havana. On 2 May Amphitrite...
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  • Spanish fleet. On return to England he transferred still under Ford to HMS Nymphe, a 36-gun frigate newly captured from the French and held at Portsmouth...
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    Ille-et-Vilaine, France, but was recaptured by the Royal Navy's HMS Amethyst and HMS Nymphe. Amphitrite ( Great Britain): The ship was captured by the French...
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  • Cydnus, Dictator, Diomede, Dover, Fox, Gorgon, Herald, Hydra, Meteor, Norge, Nymphe, Pigmy, Ramillies, Royal Oak, Seahorse, Shelburne, Sophie, Thames, Thistle...
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    that comprised Solitaire, Résolue, Nymphe, and the brig Speedy. On 10 February 1783, Triton captured the 12-gun HMS Tickler off Cuba. After the war, Triton...
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    She fell in with the French 32-gun frigate Nymphe under Captain du Rumain off Ushant on 10 August 1780. In the ensuing action the better-armed Flora...
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    sailed off Guernsey under Lieutenant de vaisseau Mullon, she encountered HMS Nymphe, under Captain Edward Pellew. During the short but sharp action, Cléopâtre...
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  • French frigate Andromaque (1777) (category Nymphe-class frigates)
    in which she was coppered in April 1780, she captured the British 20-gun post ship HMS Unicorn on 4 October 1780, off Tortuga. The French Navy took Unicorn...
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  • construction. The full complement was 600 officers and men. The frigate HMS Nymphe which was launched at Warsash three days before his death went, almost...
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