HMS Pique (1795)
HMS Pique was a 38-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had formerly served with the French Navy, initially as the Fleur-de-Lys, and later as the Pique. HMS Blanche captured her in 1795 in a battle that left the Blanche's commander, Captain Robert Faulknor, dead. HMS Pique was taken into service under her only British captain, David Milne, but served for just three years with the Royal Navy before being wrecked in an engagement with the French ship Seine in 1798. The Seine had been spotted heading for a French port and Pique and another British ship gave chase. All three ships ran aground after a long and hard-fought pursuit. The arrival of a third British ship ended French resistance, but while the Seine and Jason were both refloated, attempts to save Pique failed; she bilged and
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HMS Pique (1795)
HMS Pique was a 38-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had formerly served with the French Navy, initially as the Fleur-de-Lys, and later as the Pique. HMS Blanche captured her in 1795 in a battle that left the Blanche's commander, Captain Robert Faulknor, dead. HMS Pique was taken into service under her only British captain, David Milne, but served for just three years with the Royal Navy before being wrecked in an engagement with the French ship Seine in 1798. The Seine had been spotted heading for a French port and Pique and another British ship gave chase. All three ships ran aground after a long and hard-fought pursuit. The arrival of a third British ship ended French resistance, but while the Seine and Jason were both refloated, attempts to save Pique failed; she bilged and
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HMS Pique was a 38-gun fifth r ...... ilged and had to be abandoned.
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Le HMS Pique est une ancienne ...... at contre la marine française.
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1795-01-06
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1.12776e+1
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1785-12-02
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Wrecked and burned 30 June 1798
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Ship acquired
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*French service
*Upper deck: 2 ...... ns + 2 x 24-pounder carronades
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Galathée class frigate, later 38-gun fifth rate frigate
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*French service
*Originally: 150 and 220
*Later:280 and then 322
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By 1786
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France
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Wrecked and burned 30 June 1798
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January 1783
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1785-12-02
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HMS Pique
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Pique
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*Built as Fleur-de-Lys
*Renamed Pique in June 1792
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HMS Pique was a 38-gun fifth r ...... e Pique failed; she bilged and
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Le HMS Pique est une ancienne ...... at contre la marine française.
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HMS Pique (1795)
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