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French frigate Sibylle (1792)

Index French frigate Sibylle (1792)

Sibylle was a 38-gun of the French Navy. [1]

56 relations: Action of 28 February 1799, Admiralty, Aegean Sea, Ascension Island, Balasore Roads, Battle of Copenhagen (1807), Battle of Mahé, Brig, Carronade, Corfu, Cork Harbour, East India Company, East Indiaman, English Channel, First Hellenic Republic, Forecastle, Fourth-rate, Francis Augustus Collier, French Navy, Granville, Manche, Heraklion, Hubert Le Loup de Beaulieu, Kaloi Limenes, Katakolo, Lagos, Lazaretto, Lugger, Mahé, Seychelles, Marseille, Mistico (boat), Mykonos, Nafplio, Naval General Service Medal (1847), Philippines, Privateer, Proa, Quarterdeck, Raid on Manila (1798), Ranks in the French Navy, Robert Surcouf, Robert Winthrop (1764–1832), Royal Navy, Samuel Pechell, Schooner, Sibyl, Sierra Leone, Smyrna, Toulon, United States of the Ionian Islands, West Africa Squadron, ..., Westminster Abbey, William Paget (MP), Yellow fever, Zakynthos, 18-pounder long gun, 8-pounder long gun. Expand index (6 more) »

Action of 28 February 1799

The Action of 28 February 1799 was a minor naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought off the mouth of the Hooghly River in the Bay of Bengal between the French frigate ''Forte'' and the Royal Navy frigate HMS ''Sybille''.

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Admiralty

The Admiralty, originally known as the Office of the Admiralty and Marine Affairs, was the government department responsible for the command of the Royal Navy firstly in the Kingdom of England, secondly in the Kingdom of Great Britain, and from 1801 to 1964, the United Kingdom and former British Empire.

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Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea (Αιγαίο Πέλαγος; Ege Denizi) is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey.

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Ascension Island

Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56' south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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Balasore Roads

Balasore Roads is a roadstead (a sheltered anchorage), on the Indian coast near Balasore.

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Battle of Copenhagen (1807)

The Second Battle of Copenhagen (or the Bombardment of Copenhagen) (16 August – 5 September 1807) was a British bombardment of the Danish capital, Copenhagen in order to capture or destroy the Dano-Norwegian fleet, during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Battle of Mahé

The Battle of Mahé was a minor naval engagement of the last year of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought on 19 August 1801 in the harbour of Mahé in the Seychelles, a French colony in the Indian Ocean.

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Brig

A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts.

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Carronade

A carronade is a short, smoothbore, cast iron cannon which was used by the Royal Navy and first produced by the Carron Company, an ironworks in Falkirk, Scotland, UK.

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Corfu

Corfu or Kerkyra (translit,; translit,; Corcyra; Corfù) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea.

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Cork Harbour

Cork Harbour is a natural harbour and river estuary at the mouth of the River Lee in County Cork, Ireland.

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East India Company

The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company, formed to trade with the East Indies (in present-day terms, Maritime Southeast Asia), but ended up trading mainly with Qing China and seizing control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent.

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East Indiaman

East Indiaman was a general name for any sailing ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India Companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries.

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English Channel

The English Channel (la Manche, "The Sleeve"; Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Mor Bretannek, "Sea of Brittany"), also called simply the Channel, is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France and links the southern part of the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

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First Hellenic Republic

The First Hellenic Republic (Αʹ Ελληνική Δημοκρατία) is a historiographical term for the provisional Greek state during the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.

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Forecastle

The forecastle (abbreviated fo'c'sle or fo'c's'le) is the upper deck of a sailing ship forward of the foremast, or the forward part of a ship with the sailors' living quarters.

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Fourth-rate

In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fourth-rate was a ship of the line with 46 to 60 guns mounted.

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Francis Augustus Collier

Rear Admiral Sir Francis Augustus Collier, CB, KCH (c. 1783 – 28 October 1849) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century.

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French Navy

The French Navy (Marine Nationale), informally "La Royale", is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces.

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Granville, Manche

Granville is a commune in the Manche department and region of Normandy in north-western France.

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Heraklion

Heraklion (Ηράκλειο, Irákleio) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete.

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Hubert Le Loup de Beaulieu

Hubert Le Loup de Beaulieu,, National Archives often written Beaulieu-Leloup, (? — ''Forte'', Gulf of Bengal, 1 March 1799) was a French Navy officer.

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Kaloi Limenes

Kaloi Limenes or Kali Limenes is a village and port in the Heraklion regional unit, southern Crete, in Greece, located south-west of the city of Heraklion.

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Katakolo

Katakolo (Κατάκολο) is a seaside town in the municipality of Pyrgos in western Elis, Greece.

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Lagos

Lagos is a city in the Nigerian state of Lagos.

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Lazaretto

A lazaretto or lazaret (from lazzaretto) is a quarantine station for maritime travellers.

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Lugger

A lugger is a class of boat, widely used as traditional fishing boats, particularly off the coasts of France, England and Scotland.

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Mahé, Seychelles

Mahé is the largest island (157.3 km²) of Seychelles, lying in the northeast of the nation in the Indian Ocean.

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Marseille

Marseille (Provençal: Marselha), is the second-largest city of France and the largest city of the Provence historical region.

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Mistico (boat)

A mistico was a large sailing coaster used in the Mediterranean in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Mykonos

Mykonos (Μύκονος) is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos.

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Nafplio

Nafplio (Ναύπλιο, Nauplio or Nauplion in Italian and other Western European languages) is a seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf.

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Naval General Service Medal (1847)

The Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) was a campaign medal approved in 1847, and issued to officers and men of the Royal Navy in 1849.

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Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Privateer

A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war.

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Proa

A proa, also seen as prau, perahu, and prahu, is a type of multihull sailboat.

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Quarterdeck

The quarterdeck is a raised deck behind the main mast of a sailing ship.

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Raid on Manila (1798)

The Raid on Manila of January 1798 was a Royal Navy false flag military operation during the French Revolutionary Wars intended to scout the strength of the defences of Manila, capital of the Spanish Philippines, capture a Manila galleon and assess the condition of the Spanish Navy squadron maintained in the port.

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Ranks in the French Navy

The rank insignia of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) are worn on shoulder straps of shirts and white jackets, and on sleeves for navy jackets and mantels.

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Robert Surcouf

Robert Surcouf (12 December 1773 – 8 July 1827) was a French privateer who operated in the Indian Ocean between 1789 and 1801, and again from 1807 to 1808, capturing over 40 prizes, while amassing a large fortune as a ship-owner, from both privateering and commerce.

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Robert Winthrop (1764–1832)

Robert Winthrop (7 DecemberThis date is from Winthrop, p. 13; Ward gives 7 September as birth date. 1764, New London, Connecticut – 10 May 1832, Dover) was a scion of the New England Winthrop family of high colonial civil servants, and a Vice-Admiral of the Blue in the Royal Navy.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Samuel Pechell

Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, 3rd Baronet CB, KCH, FRS (1 September 1785 – 3 November 1849) was a prominent British Royal Navy officer of the early nineteenth century.

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Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts.

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Sibyl

The sibyls were women that the ancient Greeks believed were oracles.

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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa.

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Smyrna

Smyrna (Ancient Greek: Σμύρνη, Smýrni or Σμύρνα, Smýrna) was a Greek city dating back to antiquity located at a central and strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia.

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Toulon

Toulon (Provençal: Tolon (classical norm), Touloun (Mistralian norm)) is a city in southern France and a large military harbour on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base.

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United States of the Ionian Islands

The United States of the Ionian Islands (Inoménon Krátos ton Ioníon Níson, literally "United State of the Ionian Islands"; Stati Uniti delle Isole Ionie) was a state and amical protectorate of the United Kingdom between 1815 and 1864.

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West Africa Squadron

The Royal Navy established the West Africa Squadron at substantial expense in 1808 after Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act of 1807.

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Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster.

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William Paget (MP)

Captain the Honourable William Paget (22 December 1769 – September 1794), was a British naval commander and Member of Parliament.

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Yellow fever

Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration.

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Zakynthos

Zakynthos (Ζάκυνθος, Zákynthos, Zacìnto) or Zante (Τζάντε, Tzánte, Zante; from Venetian), is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea.

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18-pounder long gun

The 18-pounder long gun was an intermediary calibre piece of artillery mounted on warships of the Age of sail.

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8-pounder long gun

The 8-pounder long gun was a light calibre piece of artillery mounted on French warships of the Age of sail.

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French frigate Sybille (1791), French frigate Sybille (1792), HMS Sybille (1792), HMS Sybille (1794).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Sibylle_(1792)

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