French frigate Aigrette (1756)

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NameAigrette
Ordered14 November 1759 [1]
Builder Le Havre, plans by Jean-Joseph Ginoux [1]
Laid downSeptember 1755 [1]
LaunchedMarch 1756 [1]
In serviceJuly 1756 [1]
FateBroken up in Brest in 1789
General characteristics
Class and type Blonde-class frigate [1]
Length40.3 metres
Beam10.3 metres
Depth of hold5.3 metres
Complement220
Armament

Aigrette was a Blonde-class 30-gun frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the Seven Year War and in the War of American Independence.

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Career

Aigrette took part in the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759 under Longueville, and escaped into Vilaine River.

On 27 July 1778, she took part in the Battle of Ushant. [3] She was then part in the Armada of 1779. [4]

In 1779, Aigrette was under Lieutenant Mortemart. On 18 March, she was fought HMS Arethusa, under captain Charles Holmes Everitt. Arethusa sustained damage and was wrecked the next day off Ushant, at a point 48°27′4″N5°4′4″W / 48.45111°N 5.06778°W / 48.45111; -5.06778 (HMS Arethusa (1759)) . [5] [1] [2]

In 1781, she was under Traversay, part of the squadron under Grasse. [6] She took part in the action of 4 January 1781. [7]

Aigrette took part in the Battle of Fort Royal on 29 April and 30 April 1781. [8] [9] In July 1781, she sailed to Havana to ferry 500,000 piasters that the Spanish government was providing to fund the French squadron. She returned to Bahamas with the funds in August. [1] [10] She took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781.} [11]

In September 1781, she ferried troops from Annapolis to James River to support the Siege of Yorktown. [1] On 11 September, she captured HMS Richmond. [1]

Fate

Aigrette was condemned in Brest in October 1789. [1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Roche (2005), p. 27.
  2. 1 2 Troude (1867), p. 49.
  3. ↑ Troude (1867), p. 8.
  4. ↑ Troude (1867), p. 32.
  5. ↑ "HMS Arethusa (+1779)". Wrecksite. 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
  6. ↑ Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 648—649.
  7. ↑ Troude (1867), p. 117.
  8. ↑ Kerguelen (1796), p. 182-183.
  9. ↑ Troude (1867), p. 100—101.
  10. ↑ Troude (1867), p. 105.
  11. ↑ Troude (1867), p. 107.

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