French frigate Terpsichore (1763)
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 France |
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| Name: | Terpsichore |
| Ordered: | 22 December 1762[1] |
| Builder: | Indret[1] |
| Laid down: | July 1762[1] |
| Launched: | 10 August 1763[1] |
| In service: | December 1763[1] |
| Fate: | Sold in August 1783 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Tons burthen: | 600 tonnes |
| Length: | 45.7 metres |
| Beam: | 11.1 metres |
| Depth of hold: | 4.9 metres |
| Armament: |
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Terpsichore was a 36-gun frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the War of American Independence.
Career
Terpsichore took part in operations against the Salé Rovers, under Captain Jean-François Aubé de Braquemont,[1][2] along with Danaé.
In 1775, she was the flagship of the Escadre d'évolution under Guichen,[1] conducting exercises from Brest[3][4] with a 12-ship division comprising four frigates, five corvettes, a lugger and two cutters, and 1885 men.[5] In June 1776, she collided with Solitaire and both ships had to repair in Cadiz.[6][1]
In 1776, she was under Poute de Nieuil, at Rochefort, in the squadron under Du Chaffault.[7]
In 1779, she was under Lombard, cruising first around Ile de Ré, Ile d'Aix and Brest,[8][9][10] and then part of the squadron under Orvilliers.[11]
Fate
Terpsichore was condemned in Brest in August 1783, and sold in March 1787.[1]
Sources and references
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Roche (2005), p. 433.
- ↑ Mézin (), p. 25.
- ↑ Archives nationales (2011), p. 198.
- ↑ Archives nationales (2011), p. 200.
- ↑ Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 72.
- ↑ Roche (2005), p. 419.
- ↑ Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 608.
- ↑ Archives nationales (2011), p. 218.
- ↑ Archives nationales (2011), p. 241.
- ↑ Archives nationales (2011), p. 243.
- ↑ Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 640.
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