Volontaire was a 40-gun Virginie-class frigate of the French Navy. On 20 November 1798, along with Insurgente, Volontaire, under Captain Laurent, captured...
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Quasi-War (redirect from Quasi-french war)
outside Egg Harbor, New Jersey. On 20 November, a pair of French frigates, Insurgente and Volontaire, captured the schooner USS Retaliation, commanded by Lieutenant...
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This article is a list of French naval frigates during the Age of Sail, from the middle of the 17th century (when the type emerged) until the close of...
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1794 Launched: early 1796 Completed: May 1796 Fate: Beached and burnt to avoid capture by the British Navy in April 1797. Volontaire Builder: Bordeaux Begun:...
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Éléonore-Jean-Nicolas Soleil (category French Navy officers)
before taking command of the frigate Volontaire. Soleil was promoted to captain in September 1803 and appointed to the frigate Hermione. In May 1804, he...
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Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
he entered the navy as a volontaire in 1768. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1773, he served as a lieutenant on the 32-gun frigate Atalante in the Indian Ocean...
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Hébé was a 38-gun warship of the French Navy, and lead ship of the Hébé-class frigate. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1782 and took her into service...
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"British Fifth Rate frigate 'Shannon' (1796)". Threedecks. Retrieved 12 January 2022. "French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Diane' (1796)". Threedecks. Retrieved...
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HMS Topaze (1793) (redirect from French frigate Topaze (1790))
HMS Topaze was a Royal Navy 32-gun frigate, originally completed in 1791 as a French Magicienne-class frigate. In 1793 Lord Hood's fleet captured her at...
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Siege of Toulon (1793) (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
Nafziger, French Army before Toulon 11 December 1793. United States Army Combined Arms Center. Retrieved 4 July 2021. Les bataillons de volontaires et de...
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