Model "13 MG 14" on display at the Musée national de la Marine | |
History | |
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France | |
Name | Singe |
Namesake | monkey |
Ordered | 9 December 1761 [1] |
Builder | Toulon Dockyard [1] |
Laid down | March 1762 [1] |
Launched | 3 July 1762 [1] |
In service | 27 July 1762 [1] |
Out of service | 1779 [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Renard-class xebec |
Tons burthen | 200 tonnes |
Length | 37.4 metres |
Beam | 9.1 metres |
Depth of hold | 3.5 metres |
Armament | 20 guns |
Singe was a Renard-class xebec of the French Navy, launched in 1762. She served in the Mediterranean against the Barbary pirates, and is notable for a number of important officers who served aboard, notably Flotte, Raimondis and Suffren.
In 1763, Singe patrolled the Mediterranean with her sister-ship Caméléon and the frigate Pléïade, to ward off the Salé Rovers. [2] On 15 July 1763, Singe mistakenly engaged a galiot from Algiers, which she mistook for a Salé rover. Pléïade intervened fired two broadsides into the galiot, which sank with all hands before the error was realised. This triggered a diplomatic incident and Captain Fabry had to negotiate a resolution to the crisis. [3]
In 1763, Singe was under Suffren, part of a squadron under Duchaffault. [4] She took part in the Larache expedition in June 1765. [5]
Singe was sold in Toulon in 1780. [1]
A 1/28.8 scale model of Singe is on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris. [7]
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