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The Natchez seized and occupied Fort Rosalie. Retaliation by the French and allied Choctaw forces in early 1730 forced the Natchez to evacuate, leaving the fort in ruins. Through 1731, the French, with their more numerous Indian allies, continued to war with the Natchez until 1731, killing, capturing or dispersing most of the Natchez until they ...
Fort Rosalie was already included in the National Register as part of the 1972 NRHP-listed Natchez Bluffs and Under-the-Hill Historic District; the William Johnson House, at 210 State St., is a few blocks from the Fort Rosalie site and is both separately NRHP-listed and also included in the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District. Melrose ...
A group of Yazoo people who were accompanying Commandant du Codère remained neutral during the conflict but were inspired by the Natchez revolt. When they returned to Fort St. Pierre, they destroyed the fort, killing the Jesuit priest and 17 French soldiers. [41] The Natchez lost only about 12 warriors during the attack. [42]
RFA Fort Rosalie was the lead ship of her class of Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ships. Fort Rosalie was originally named RFA Fort Grange, but was renamed in May 2000 to avoid confusion with the now-decommissioned RFA Fort George. On 31 March 2021, the ship was withdrawn from service. [1]
RFA Fort Austin is a retired British Fort Rosalie-class dry stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Fort Austin was laid down at Scott Lithgow in 1975, launched in 1978 and commissioned in 1979. These ships were designed to carry a wide range of dry stores to support fleet task forces; ammunition, food, explosives.
Two ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name RFA Fort Rosalie: RFA Fort Rosalie (A186) was a stores ship launched in 1944 and scrapped in 1973; RFA Fort Rosalie (A385) is a Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ship, initially launched in 1976 as RFA Fort Grange but renamed Fort Rosalie in 2000. She is in service as of 2009.
RFA Fort Rosalie (A186) was an armament stores carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was built by United Shipyards, Montreal and initially completed as a stores ship but converted to an armament stores issuing ship at Portsmouth 1947/8.
As of 2021, the former Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ships (Fort Austin and Fort Rosalie) have been retired. Only Fort Victoria has undergone refit to enable her to supply the Royal Navy's new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers with solid stores. [2] [3] With incompatible rigs, Fort Rosalie and Fort Austin were placed in extended ...