HMS Blanche (1786)
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La HMS Blanche est une frégate de cinquième rang portant 32 canons lancée par la Royal Navy en 1786. Elles capture plusieurs navires français, parmi lesquels la frégate Pique, avant de participer aux combats en mer Méditerranée. Elle est convertie en transport de troupes avant de s'échouer en 1799.
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HMS Blanche was a 32-gun Hermione-class fifth rate of the Royal Navy. She was ordered towards the end of the American War of Independence, but only briefly saw service before the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793. She enjoyed a number of successful cruises against privateers in the West Indies, before coming under the command of Captain Robert Faulknor. He took the Blanche into battle against a superior opponent and after a hard-fought battle, forced the surrender of the French frigate Pique. Faulknor was among those killed on the Blanche. She subsequently served in the Mediterranean, where she had the misfortune of forcing a large Spanish frigate to surrender, but was unable to secure the prize, which then escaped. Returning to British waters she was converted to a storesh
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HMS Blanche (1786)
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HMS Blanche (1786)
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HMS Blanche
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1782-08-09
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*Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
*QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades
*Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades
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Thomas Calhoun & John Nowlan, Bursledon
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32
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--04-25
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--09-28
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60
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July 1783
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1786-07-10
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*
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HMS Blanche
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HMS Blanche was a 32-gun Hermione-class fifth rate of the Royal Navy. She was ordered towards the end of the American War of Independence, but only briefly saw service before the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793. She enjoyed a number of successful cruises against privateers in the West Indies, before coming under the command of Captain Robert Faulknor. He took the Blanche into battle against a superior opponent and after a hard-fought battle, forced the surrender of the French frigate Pique. Faulknor was among those killed on the Blanche. She subsequently served in the Mediterranean, where she had the misfortune of forcing a large Spanish frigate to surrender, but was unable to secure the prize, which then escaped. Returning to British waters she was converted to a storeship and then a troopship, but did not serve for long before being wrecked off the Texel in 1799.
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La HMS Blanche est une frégate de cinquième rang portant 32 canons lancée par la Royal Navy en 1786. Elles capture plusieurs navires français, parmi lesquels la frégate Pique, avant de participer aux combats en mer Méditerranée. Elle est convertie en transport de troupes avant de s'échouer en 1799.
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*Declared a total loss
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*Ran aground on 28 September 1799
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1782-08-09
