Formidable was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, launched in 1751. In 1754, Formidable was under Duchaffault, part of a squadron under Mac...
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Singapore Navy French ship Formidable, six ships, including: French ship Formidable (1751), an 80-gun ship of the line French ship Formidable (1795), later...
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96-gun ship of the line Formidable (1751–1759), an 80-gun ship of the line, captured by the Royal Navy and commissioned as HMS Ham. Formidable (1795–1814)...
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ex-French Téméraire, captured 1759); sold 1784 Formidable 80 (1751, ex-French Formidable, captured 1759); broken up 1768 Courageux 74 (1753, ex-French Courageux...
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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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"French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Lion' (1751)". Threedecks. Retrieved 30 July 2021. "French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Formidable' (1751)"...
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The military of New France consisted of a mix of regular soldiers from the French Army (Carignan-Salières Regiment) and French Navy (Troupes de la marine...
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world's longest wooden ships. The vessels are sorted by ship length including bowsprit, if known. Finding the world's longest wooden ship is not straightforward...
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Huguenots (redirect from French Huguenot)
(/ˈhjuːɡənɒts/ HEW-gə-nots, UK also /-noʊz/ -nohz, French: [yɡ(ə)no]) were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist)...
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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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Charles Eugène de Boisgelin (category French Navy officers)
1750 In 1751, he was promoted to the rank of Ensign and then sailed on further voyages: Emerald, sailing to Saint-Domingue, French Antilles in 1751 and 1752...
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War of the Austrian Succession (redirect from Anglo-French War (1744–48))
fourteen ships of the line wiped out the French escort of six ships of the line and three armed Indiamen, although in the meantime the merchant ships escaped...
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Saint-Domingue (redirect from French Hispaniola)
Saint-Domingue (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.dɔ.mɛ̃ɡ]) was a French colony in the western portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the area of...
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Dutch–Algerian War (1715–1726) (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
Aerssen. However, due to some problems, he could only set sail in May. The formidable presence of this fleet had a pacifying effect on the Algerians, and there...
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History of the Regency of Algiers (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
undertook to: Respect France's vessels and coast Prohibit the sale of goods seized from French ships in their ports Allow French traders to safely live...
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Haitian Revolution (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
The Haitian Revolution (French: révolution haïtienne or French: La guerre de l'indépendance French pronunciation: [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ a.i.sjɛn]; Haitian Creole:...
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Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
he was appointed to the French ship Célèbre and participated in a supply expedition to the fort of Louisbourg in New France. Lapérouse also took part...
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the last British ships to come into action engaging the French shortly after noon. Initially Eagle was engaged with two French ships, but one moved away...
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Jean-Baptiste Mac Nemara (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
from 1751 to 1756. In 1756, he headed a 6-ship and 3-frigate squadron to bring reinforcements to Emmanuel Auguste Dubois de La Motte in New France (now...
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Louis Charles du Chaffault de Besné (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé. OCLC 836362484. Vovard, André (1931). L'Amiral du Chaffault, 1708-1794 (in French). Paris: Fournier...
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Joseph-Marie Nielly (category 1751 births)
Nielly (1751 – 1833) was a French naval officer and admiral. Nielly was born and died in Brest. He began his career aged seven aboard the Formidable, and...
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Niumi ports of Jillifree or Albreda. They were placed on British or French ships and bound for the West Indies. With the enforcement of the ban on the...
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George Washington (category People of Virginia in the French and Indian War)
prompted by tensions with France; in a continuation of the French Revolutionary Wars, French privateers began seizing American ships in 1798, and relations...
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Ottoman Empire (category Articles containing French-language text)
used French as a lingua franca and used French-language publications, while some provincial newspapers were published in Arabic. The use of French in the...
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History of Haiti (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
shipping lanes and its formidable terrain, with the highest mountain range in the Caribbean. The outbreak of revolution in France in the summer of 1789...
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by reconstructing the colony into two states. This took place on 31 July 1751 when he retained in the south the State of Brazil (Portuguese: Estado do...
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Militia, who (he thinks) might attribute their irregular Volleys to the formidable Appearance of the Ladies Petticoats. The letters were published in The...
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had again become a formidable force, as in the 1640s, its strength rising to 100,000 men, almost as large as the French army (France had a population ten...
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in the Caribbean Sea, where he commanded ships and squadrons in actions against both Spanish and French ships and settlements. Despite an active naval...
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Philip Vian (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
forcibly released captured British merchant sailors from the German supply ship Altmark in Jøssingfjord in then-neutral Norway and, later, his flotilla took...
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