| Naval history of Great Britain - Vol. IV
by
William James |
1805 |
Appendix 13 |
367 |
No. 13. See p. 184.
A list of ships of the line and frigates, late belonging to the French navy,
captured, destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during the year 1805.
Gun |
|
Name |
How, when, and where lost. |
80 |
(K) |
Formidable |
Captured November 3 by a British squadron
under Sir Richard John Strachan |
74 |
(M) |
Duguay-Trouin |
74 |
(M) |
Mont-Blanc |
74 |
(M) |
Scipion |
80 |
(M) |
Indomptable |
Wrecked, October 24 or 25, off Rota, near Cadiz |
80 |
|
Bucentaure rec |
Captured October 21, at the Battle of Trafalgar. |
74 |
|
Achille |
The Achille was accidentally
burnt before possession could be taken; and the Bucentaure and Algesiras were
recaptured, but the former was wrecked immediately after wards. The remainder of the prizes
except the Swiftsure, were lost or destroyed. |
74 |
|
Aigle |
74 |
|
Algesiras rec |
74 |
|
Berwick |
74 |
|
Fougueux |
74 |
|
Intrepide |
74 |
|
Redoutable |
74 |
(O) |
Swiftsure |
|
|
Frigates |
|
40 |
(O) |
Atalante |
Wrecked December, near the Cape of Good Hope. |
40 |
(Z) |
Didon |
Captured, August 10, by the Phoenix frigate off Cape Finisterre. |
40 |
(Z) |
Ville-de-Milan |
Captured, February 23, by the Leander 50, Halifax station. |
38 |
|
Libre |
Captured, December 24, by the Egyptienne and Loire, off Rochefort |
32 |
(H) |
Cleopatra |
Recaptured with Ville-de-Milan. |
32 |
(G) |
Psyche |
Captured, February 14 by the British frigate San-Fiorenzo, East Indies. |
No Dutch vessel of war above a gun-brig taken in 1805.
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