| French frigate Aurore (1769) | |
|---|---|
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Aurore |
| Namesake: | Aurora |
| Ordered: | 31 Mrach 1766[1] |
| Builder: | Rochefort[1] |
| Laid down: | September 1766[1] |
| Launched: | 23 November 1768[1] |
| In service: | 1769 |
| Captured: | Surrendered to the British by Royalist traitors in August 1793[1] |
| Career (Great Britain) |  |
| Name: | HMS Aurora |
| Acquired: | August 1793 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 600 tonnes[1] |
| Length: | 44.2 metres |
| Beam: | 11.2 metres |
| Draught: | 5.7 metres |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament: |
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Aurore was a frigate of the French Navy
Career[]
Aurore was ordered on 31 March 1766 as Envieuse, and renamed to Aurore in February 1767, while still under construction.[1]
Aurore took part in the 1772 edition of the Escadre d'évolution under Captain de La Tullaye.[1][2]
On 16 July 1778, she departed Toulon under Captain Bompar[3] for a mission in the Mediterranean, as part of a squadron under Louis de Fabry de Fabrègues.[1]
On 20 January 1779, Aurore recaptured the storeship Heureux Jérôme, that the British had taken as prize, and brought her to Toulon.[1]
In October 1779, Aurore departed Marseille under Joseph de Flotte, escorting a 26-ship convoy bound for Martinique, ferrying supplies for the French colonies of the Caribbeans and for the division under Chef d'Escadre Lamotte-Picquet.[4] Arriving in Saint Lucia channel, the body of water between the islands of Saint Lucia and Martinique,[5] the convoy met a 13-ship British squadron under Admiral Hyde Parker. The British gave chase, and Lamotte scrambled to cover the escape of the convoy, leading to the Battle of Martinique.[6]
In 1780, she sailed from the Caribbean to Cadiz to take part in the Great Siege of Gibraltar.[1]
In 1793, she was surrendered to the British by Royalist insurgents that had seized control of the city and harbour of Toulon.[1]
Notes, citations, and references[]
Notes
Citations
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Roche (2005), p. 58.
- ↑ Pusch (2010), p. 20.
- ↑ Blondy (2014), p. 315.
- ↑ La Monneraye (1998), p. 144.
- ↑ La Monneraye (1998), p. 144, Note 4.
- ↑ La Monneraye (1998), p. 153.
References
- Blondy, Alain (2014). Documents consulaires, Lettres reçues par le chargé d'affaires du Roi à Malte au XVIIIème siècle. 1. ISBN 9781291863017. OCLC 994218731.
- La Monneraye, Pierre-Bruno-Jean (1998). Bonnichon, Philippe. ed. Souvenirs de 1760 à 1791. Librairie Droz. ISBN 978-2-7453-0079-9. OCLC 165892922. https://books.google.com/books?id=1kxp22HbPd0C.
- Demerliac, Alain (1996) (in fr). La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792. Éditions Ancre. ISBN 9782906381230. OCLC 468324725.
- Pusch, Donald E. (2010). The Logs of the Chariot Royal, 1752-1753. France: Petite Presse du Lac. ISBN 9780578047553. OCLC 759084455.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
External links
- Archives nationales (2011). "Fonds Marine, sous-série B/4: Campagnes, 1571-1785". http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/chan/series/pdf/Marine-B4.pdf.
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