Anne-Hilarion de Costentin, Comte de Tourville was a French naval commander who served under King Louis XIV. He was made Marshal of France in 1693.
Soleil Royal was a French 104-gun ship of the line, flagship of Admiral Tourville.
The Languedoc was a 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy and flagship of Admiral d'Estaing. She was offered to King Louis XV by the Languedoc, as part of the Don des vaisseaux, a national effort to rebuild the navy after the Seven Years' War. She was designed by the naval architect Joseph Coulomb, and funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the Estates of Languedoc.
The Royal Louis was a ship of the line of the French Royal Navy. She was constructed at Toulon between 1666 and 1669 under the direction of Rodolphe Gédéon and served as flagship of the French fleet in the Mediterranean.
Triomphant was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
The Commerce de Paris was a 110-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
The Flotte du Ponant was the designation under the Ancien Regime for the naval vessels of the Royal French Navy in the English Channel, Atlantic Ocean and Americas, the latter principally in the French West Indies and New France. The fleet carried out operations such as asserting naval supremacy and protecting convoys. Its counterpart was the Levant Fleet, based in the Mediterranean Sea.
Marengo was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Jean Bart was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Michel Bégon, known as Michel V Bégon or le Grand Bégon was a French ancien regime official. He was intendant de la marine at the port of Rochefort and intendant of the généralité of La Rochelle, as well as a passionate plant collector.
The Ministry of the Navy was a section of the French government - apart from the Ministry of War - that was in charge of the French navy and colonies.
Claude-Élisée de Court de La Bruyère, was a French officer in the French Navy during the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV, who ended his career as Vice Admiral of the Flotte du Ponant.
Palmier was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Intrépide was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was of three ships of the Monarque class, all launched in 1747, the others being Monarque and Sceptre.
Sphinx was a two-deck 64 gun ship of the French Navy. She was built at Brest to plans by Ollivier Fils and launched in 1776. She took the name of a recently retired 64-gun ship with the same dimensions. She fought in the American War of Independence, most notably in Suffren's campaign in the Indian Ocean.
The Terrible was a First Rank ship of the line of the French Royal Navy.
The bombardment of Algiers in 1683 was a French naval operation against the Regency of Algiers during the Franco-Algerian War of 1681-88. It led to the rescue of more than 100 French prisoners, in some cases after decades of captivity, but the great majority of Christian slaves in Algiers were not liberated.
Destin was a 74-gun ship of the French Navy.
Brillant was a 64-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was first classified as a Second-rank ship, and later reclassified as a Third-rank. She was built between 1689 and 1690 at Le Havre, under supervision by engineer Étienne Salicon. She served until 1719, and took part in the Nine Years' War (1688–1697) and the War of Spanish Succession (1702–1714).
Lieutenant général des Armées navales was a naval rank in the French Navy during the ancien Régime and until the French Revolution.
