Héros was a 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...

A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Héros ("hero"). Among them: the ship of the line French ship Héros (1701) [fr] (1701-1719) the...

Annibal was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She was designed by Jacques-Noël Sané, and was one of the earliest of...

French involvement in the American Revolutionary War of 1775–1783 began in 1776 when the Kingdom of France secretly shipped supplies to the Continental...

the RN under the same name, BU 1795 Héros 74 – designed by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb (launched 30 December 1778 at Toulon) – captured by the British...

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

was a British 14-gun sloop launched in 1778 that the French captured in April 1780. She then served with the French navy under the same name. Commander Charles...

during dredging operations in 1901. "USS Alliance (1778)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. United States Navy. Retrieved 23 November 2009....

Orient was an 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, built by Antoine Groignard. Orient was built in Lorient for the French East India Company by...

The French line fought disorganised, especially after Vengeur caught fire and had to distance herself from the other ships. The flag of Héros was shot...

a 70-gun ship of the line Achille (1748), a 64-gun ship of the line Annibal (1778), a 74-gun ship of the line, was renamed Achille in 1786. She was taken...

in North America vulnerable to attacks. France officially entered the war on 17 June 1778, and the French ships sent to the Western Hemisphere spent most...

i.e. not a ship of the line) (1697, ex-French Triton, captured 12 October 1702) – sold 1709 Hazardous 54 (fourth rate) (1701, ex-French Hasardeux, captured...

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...

entering the Revolutionary War in 1778, France provided the Americans money, weapons, soldiers, and naval assistance, while French troops fought under U.S. command...

known in the United States as Lafayette (/ˌlɑːfiːˈɛt, ˌlæf-/, French: [lafajɛt]), was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental...

replica ship started in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France; the new ship is likewise named Hermione. Construction of Hermione started in December 1778 at...

1790, Morlaix) was a French admiral who commanded the French fleets that fought the British at the First Battle of Ushant (1778) and the Battle of Martinique...

declared between France and Great Britain in March 1778. France sent Admiral Comte d'Estaing with a fleet of 12 ships of the line and 4,000 French Army troops...

and Suffren was given command of a 5-ship squadron to reinforce it. The task force comprised the 74-gun Héros (under Suffren) and Annibal (under Trémignon)...

Charles Stewart (28 July 1778 – 6 November 1869) was a United States Navy officer who commanded a number of warships, including USS Constitution. He saw...

sea from Spithead on 9 July 1778 with a force of around twenty-nine ships of the line and, on 23 July, sighted a French fleet of roughly equal force...

the Héros. Johnstone, who was in the process of ordering ship manoeuvres to separate ships that had drifted too close to one another when the French squadron...

officer of the 74-gun Héros, flagship of a division under Captain Suffren bound for the Dutch Cape Colony and from there to Isle de France (Mauritius). He took...

Richard, a merchant ship rebuilt and given to America by the French shipping magnate, Jacques-Donatien Le Ray. On August 14, as a vast French and Spanish invasion...

diplomat from the United States to France, where he helped negotiate the 1778 Treaty of Alliance that allied France with the United States during the American...

that autumn, France signed two treaties with America in February 1778, but stopped just short of declaring war on Britain. The risk of a French attack forced...

Saint-Germain was France's war minister from 1775 to 1777. Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint-Mauris de Montbarrey was France's war minister from 1778 to 1780. Philippe...

Captain Maurice Suckling (4 May 1726 – 14 July 1778) was a British Royal Navy officer of the eighteenth century, most notable for starting the naval career...

Trincomalee, as Suffren's flagship Héros was isolated, Bouvet broke discipline and took upon himself to move Sphinx next to Héros to support her, although Chillau...