Hercule was a Scipion-class 74-gun French ship of the line built at Rochefort. In 1781, under Captain Turpin du Breuil, Hercule was in the Blue squadron...

Spanish ship St Raphael 1798, January – 11 HMS Racoon captures the French privateer Policrate 1798, April 2 – HMS Mars captures the French ship Hercule 1798...

74 (launched 19 September 1778 at Rochefort) – wrecked off San Domingo in October 1782 Hercule 74 (launched 5 October 1778 at Rochefort) – Razéed to 50-gun...

one of the three new naval vessels - along with Hercule (1798) and Pluton (1778) - built by the French that was so top-heavy, they nearly capsized. To...

Brutus in September 1792 and razeed between December 1793 and May 1794) Hercule of 1778 (razeed between February and June 1794, then renamed Hydre in May 1795)...

Trafalgar, broken up 1814 Hercule 74 (1797) – ex-French, captured 20 April 1798, deleted 1810 Canopus 80 (1797) – ex-French Franklin, captured 1 August...

and as first officer on Ville d'Arkhengelsk from 1776 and 1778. He returned to the French Royal Navy for the War of American Independence with a rank...

Launched: 19 September 1778 Completed: February 1779 Fate: Wrecked in Samana Bay, off San Domingo on 19 October 1782. Hercule Builder: Rochefort Dockyard...

coast of Recife. September 11 – French bishop André-Hercule de Fleury, later Prime Minister for King Louis XV of France, is made a Roman Catholic Cardinal...

1797) was a French naval officer who served in the French Navy and Spanish Navy and saw action in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary...

Citoyen-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Actif was built partly with timber recycled from Actif (1752), a 64-gun ship. She took part in...

2014. List of French steam frigates List of French modern frigates List of French current frigates List of ships of the line of France Demerliac (1996)...

Rochefort Dockyard. Magnanime Builder: Rochefort Dockyard Ordered: 1778 Begun: October 1778 Launched: 27 August 1779 Completed: December 1779 Fate: Decommissioned...

July 1778. She was nominally in the rear-guard of the French fleet, but since the Orvilliers' line was in reverse order, her position at the lead ship of...

Nieuwediep (river) with a few of his men. The French were allowed to board the Dutch ships for negotiations. The French received the assurance from the Dutch...

under la Pallière, escorting the transports Hercule and Trois-Amis, arriving on 9 August 1779. With four ships of the line now at his disposal, Tronjoli...

of two 110-gun ships of the line, built to a design by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb. Terrible Builder: Toulon Ordered: 23 October 1778 Launched: 27 January...

April 1761, Ligondès married Elisabeth de Reclesne. They had two sons, Hercule and Frédérick, both of whom also served in the Navy, and a daughter, Clotilde...

in the first French expedition to Cochinchina. By 1756, he had risen to the rank of Commander. In 1778, at the outbreak of the Anglo-French War, he was...

with British and French colonies in North America engaging in open conflict. By the end of 1755, British ships had captured over 300 French merchantmen. In...

74-gun ships of the French Navy. The type was one of the first achievements of Jacques-Noël Sané. His first design - on 24 November 1777 - was for a ship of...

Admiral d'Estaing's squadron, duelling Preston in a single-ship action on 11 August 1778, taking part in the Battle of the Chesapeake where she duelled...

list of ship launches in 1778 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1778. "French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Surveillante' (1778)". Threedecks...

joined the French Navy, and fought in that conflict. He sailed aboard Hercule as an ensign and became a prisoner of war in 1745, when the ship was captured...

of victory while commanding HMS Mars in her famous duel with the French ship 'Hercule'). The mural monument in Butleigh Church to the 1st Baronet and his...

such as flour, wine and salt. The first ship in Nantes to be utilised in the slave trade was most likely the Hercule in 1707, launched by the compagnie du...

be of use. Hercule ( French Navy): The Téméraire-class ship of the line was captured on 21 April by the Royal Navy's HMS Mars. Hoche ( French Navy): Battle...

a captain in the Royal Navy, famous for a duel between his ship Mars and the French Hercule. Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage...

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...

(1964) and Morrissey (1997)) do not list per-ship casualties for the French fleet. Larrabee reports the French to have suffered 209 casualties; Bougainville...