Order of battle of the Croisière du Grand Hiver
Order of battle of the Croisière du Grand Hiver.
First squadron, Villaret-Joyeuse | |||||
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Division | Ship | Guns | Commander | Notes | |
First division | Tourville | 74 | Henry | ||
Montagne | 120 | Captain Vignot Vice-amiral Villaret-Joyeuse |
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Marat | 74 | Captain Le Francq | |||
Second division | Gasparin | 74 | L'Hermitte | ||
Révolution | 74 | Lalande | |||
Third division | Superbe | 74 | Colomb | Lost on 30 January, 21 men lost | |
Neuf Thermidor | 80 | Doré | Lost on 29 January | ||
Alexandre | 74 | Guillemet | |||
Second squadron, Bouvet | |||||
Division | Ship | Guns | Commander | Notes | |
Fourth division | Jemmappes | 74 | Lafond Contre-amiral Renaudin |
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Majestueux | 110 | Le Beau | Contre Admiral | ||
Aquilon | 74 | La Terre | |||
Fifth division | Montagnard | 74 | Richery | ||
Scipion | 74 | Huguet | Lost on 30 January | ||
Trente-et-un-Mai | 74 | Ganteaume | |||
Sixth division | Patriote | 74 | Le Tendre | ||
Entreprenant | 74 | Dufay | |||
Third squadron, Nielly | |||||
Division | Ship | Guns | Commander | Notes | |
Seventh division | Convention | 74 | Terrasson | Lost her rudder on 30 January, towed back to Lorient | |
Terrible | 110 | Captain Bedout Contre-admiral Nielly |
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Pelletier | 74 | Raillard | |||
Eighth division | Révolutionnaire | 110 | Le Gouardin | Returned in a battered state. Deemed irreparable and broken up. | |
Nestor | 74 | Monnier | Damaged, back to harbour on 31 December. | ||
Ninth division | Trajan | 74 | Leroy | ||
Indomptable | 74 | Le Mesle | |||
Tyrannicide | 74 | Alain-Joseph Dordelin | |||
Light squadron, Van Stabel | |||||
Division | Ship | Guns | Commander | Notes | |
First division | Éole | 74 | Trinquelléon | ||
Jean-Bart | 74 | Pittet | |||
Audacieux | 74 | Philastre | |||
Tigre | 74 | Matagne Contre-amiral Van Stabel |
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Fougueux | 74 | La Brière | |||
Second division | Zélé | 74 | Porlodec | ||
Mucius | 74 | Larreguy | |||
Téméraire | 74 | Morel | Damaged, back to Saint-Malo on 31 December. Deemed irreparable and broken up. | ||
Droits de l'Homme | 74 | Cornic | |||
Ships that failed to depart | |||||
Républicain | 110 | Longer | Wrecked on Mingant rock. 10 men lost. | ||
Redoutable | 74 | Montcousu | Damaged while departing, had to cancel. | ||
Neptune | 74 | Tiphaigne | Delayed by damage to her capstan, later ran aground off Perros Guirrec. 50 men lost. | ||
Frigates and smaller ships | |||||
Vertu | |||||
Courageuse | 44 | Captain Dalbarade[1] | |||
Méduse | 26 | ||||
Virginie | 44 | Jacques Bergeret | |||
Surveillante | 32 | ||||
Insurgente | |||||
Railleuse | 32 | ||||
Précieuse | |||||
Fraternité | 32 | ||||
Embuscade | 32 | ||||
Tamise | 32 | Fradin | |||
Charente | 36 | ||||
Républicaine | 32 | François Pitot | |||
Berceau | 22 | ||||
Bayonnaise | 24 | ||||
Légère | 22 | Carpentier, fils. | |||
Espion | 16 | ||||
Bergère | 16 | ||||
Impatiente | |||||
Atalante | 16 | ||||
Papillon | 12 | ||||
Bonnet Rouge | |||||
Total casualties: 81 men | |||||
Source: Histoire des marins français 1789-1815, CA (2eS) Hubert Granier, p.94 Batailles navales de la France, Onésime-Joachim Troude, Challamel ainé, 1867, vol.2, p. 404 | |||||
Notes and References
Notes
References
- ↑ Fonds Marine, vol.1, p.121
Bibliography
- Granier, Hubert (1998). Histoire des Marins français 1789-1815. illustrations by Alain Coz. Marines éditions. ISBN 2-909675-41-6.
- Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). 2. Challamel ainé.
- Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 482 (1790-1826)
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