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Médée was a French frégate du deuxième ordre, or 26-gun frigate, built in 1740.She is widely considered to be the inspiration for a long line of similar sailing frigates, and was the first ship captured by the British Royal Navy in the War of the Austrian Succession.
The "seventy-four" was a type of two-decked sailing ship of the line, which nominally carried 74 guns.It was developed by the French navy in the 1740s, replacing earlier classes of 60- and 62-gun ships, as a larger complement to the recently developed 64-gun ships.
The 1740s (pronounced ... free Black militia and Indian auxiliaries storms Britain's ... April 29 – The heavily-armed French Navy frigate Renommée approaches the ...
Early French naval frigates, until the 1740s, comprises two distinct groups. The larger types were the frégates-vaisseau, with batteries of guns spread over two decks; these were subdivided into two groups; the larger were the frégates du premier ordre - or vaisseau du quatrième rang (French Fourth Rates) - usually with a lower deck battery of 12-pounder guns, and an upper deck battery of ...
The ship was captured by a French privateer before 28 December. She was on a voyage from London to Aberdeen. Rose subsequently drove ashore crewless on the Norwegian coast. [87] Rose Great Britain: The ship was captured by a French privateer before 23 December. She was on a voyage from Virginia, British America, to London.
1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s; Pages in category "1740 ships" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... French ship Mars (1740) N ...
Four others, two of them prizes, had the French spelling of the name, Achille. HMS Achilles (1747) was an 8-gun schooner purchased in 1747. She was captured in 1748 by the Spanish. HMS Achilles (1757) was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1757, hulked in 1780 and sold in 1784. HMS Achilles (1863) was a broadside ironclad frigate launched
HMS Amethyst (1793) was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate, originally the French frigate Perle, launched in 1790, captured in 1793, and wrecked off Alderney in 1795. HMS Amethyst (1799) was a Penelope-class 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1799 and wrecked in 1811.