The brigantine, which appeared in the age of the oar as a canvas version of the galley, was cut out for privateering. 150 barrels with one deck with mainmast, foresail and bowsprit, square sails, brigantines and jibs.it underwent modifications of all kinds affecting especially the rigging and the sa
Served in:Royal Navy FlagLaunched:1765Armed:1778Technical characteristicsType:Ship of the lineLength:56.70 mMaster beam:15.80 mDraught:7.44 mTonnage:3556 tonnesPropulsion:SailMilitary characteristicsArmament:30 x 32-pound guns28 x 24-pound guns30 x 12-pound guns14 x 6-pound guns2 x 68-pound carronad
A schooner (or formerly a schooner) is a sailboat whose foremast, placed in front of the mainmast, is shorter than the latter or of equal size and carries auric sails (placed in the axis of the ship) or Bermudian. Also referred to as schooner rigging. This name did not appear until late in France, a
Frigates appeared in the 16th century, during the golden age of the galleons. They were then small fast warships, with an open deck and lightly armed (an evolution of the simple rowing boat and lateen sail equipped with one or two pieces of artillery). Between the 16th and 19th centuries, frigates
The corvette is a category of small warship, light and fast, which appeared in France at the end of the 17th century. Until 1746, this category of ship was associated with that of the long boat. It is first of all a small three-masted ship, which is never armed with more than twenty guns in batter
Bucentaure (French ship) HistoryServed in:French Navy FlagLaunched:1803Status:Sunk 22 October 1805Technical characteristicsType:Line vesselLength:59.26 mMaître-bau:15 .26 mDraught:7.58 mTonnage:3868 tonnesPropulsion:SailingMilitary characteristicsArmament:30 x 36-pounder guns32 x 24-pounder guns1
A brig is a boat with two masts, a mainmast and a foremast. These two masts can have a quest (be a little tilted). It is therefore the absence of a mizzen mast that essentially distinguishes it from other ships. The main yard of the mainmast called the boom carries the sails of the building which of
The difficulty of ranking This article is an attempt to shed light on the diversity of the armament of ships of this era, trying to explain why the number of guns allocated is different from one ship to other ships of the same tier whether they are in the fleet of the same nation or not. For exampl
The Rights of Man, a 74-gun ship of the Téméraire class built and launched at Lorient on May 29, 1794, commanded by Captain Raymond de Lacrosse, was assigned to the expedition which was to land a French army on the coasts of Ireland. It carried 549 soldiers of the Frankish legion, commanded by Gener
. A corsair is a member of the crew of a corsair ship, an armed civilian ship, generally merchant, authorized by a letter of race (or letter of marque) to attack any ship flying the flag of enemy States, and particularly its merchant traffic. . This form of naval warfare is called racing warfare.
Carronade A carronade is a short piece of artillery developed by the Scottish Carron foundry from 1779. It was put into service on all Royal Navy ships three years after the trials on HMS Duke (98-gun 1st rank ship ). Carronades were not counted in the number of guns of a ship but could constitute
June 20, 1761 (Obenheim) - November 24, 1813 (Kusel, Saarland) Walther, Frédéric Henri, count Son of a pastor, enlisted in the Bercheny hussars in 1781, Walther was lieutenant then captain in 1792, wounded at Neerwinden (March 18, 1793), then passed from the Armée du Nord to those of the Alps a
November 5, 1770 (Kassel) - July 15, 1830 (Kassel) Vandamme, Dominique-Joseph René, Count of Unsebourg Dominique-Joseph René Vandamme (born in Cassel on November 5, 1770, died in Cassel on July 15, 1830). Empire General, Count of Unebourg. The revolution Son of a surgeon from Cassel, a pupil o
December 14, 1769 (Berlin) - October 14, 1846 (Paris) Thiébault, Paul-Charles-François-Adrien-Henri-Dieudonné, baron Employed in the liquidation of the debt in 1792, Thiébault enlisted in Paris in August, was a non-commissioned officer in November but was dismissed shortly after for health reas
September 1, 1776 (Lectoure) - March 10, 1856 (Château de Parenchère, commune of Ligneux) Elected lieutenant by the volunteers of the Gers, Subervie served from 1792 to 1795 in the army of the Pyrénées-Orientales, then joined the army of Italy as aide-de-camp to his compatriot from the Gers, Lannes
November 17, 1772 (La Porta, Corsica) - July 20, 1851 (Paris) Having preferred military uniform to ecclesiastical dress, Sebastiani s joined the Ventimiglia regiment in 1789 as a second lieutenant. He was first assigned to Corsica, then to the Year of the Alps in June 1794. He was wounded at Dego,
April 26, 1774 (Marcq) - June 2, 1833 (Paris) Savary, Anne-Jean-Marie-René, Duke of Rovigo Anne-Jean-Marie-René Savary, Duke of Rovigo born in Marcq near Vouziers (Ardennes) on April 26, 1774, died in Paris in June 1833. Third son of an old soldier, former major of the castle of Sedan, he earl
April 27, 1771 (Colmar) - November 8, 1821 (Rheinwiller, Baden-Baden) Rapp, jean, comte After solid studies, little tempted by the career of pastor for which he was destined, Rapp, a turbulent giant, joined the hunters of the Cévennes in March 1788. Elected second lieutenant in April 1794, he d
February 3, 1772 (Besançon) - March 20, 1844 (Paris) Pajol, Pierre-Claude, count Pajot, said Law student, second lieutenant at the beginning of the war, Pajol distinguished himself very quickly:two bayonet thrusts in the lower abdomen when he entered Speyer at the head of his grenadiers, on Sep
May 30, 1768 (Bordeaux) - February 12, 1815 (Paris) Nansouty, Etienne-Marie-Antoine Champion, Count of Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty (Count of), French general, born May 30, 1768 in Bordeaux, died February 12, 1815 in Paris. He was admitted to the Military School of Paris on Octob
Although the intelligence services were consecrated above all in the Cold War, they had already played more or less important roles throughout history. In that sense, it is possible that one can be considered among the best agents that have existed, one who acted during the Second World War, providi
1869 — Lesseps won the game. The canal is practically complete; only a few million cubic meters remain to be cleared, an insignificant quantity compared to what has already been removed. A commission of scholars and practitioners was set up to examine the conditions for the operation of the canal, a
Unequally both were distorted by the Cidian tradition . Alfonso VI became a mediocre, envious, self-conscious and minor king, turned into a paradigm of a disloyal, manipulable and obtuse king. Álvar Fáñez would be gobbled up by the Minaya from the Song of Mio Cid , epic archetype of the subordinate
The Casino (Il ridotto). By Pietro Longhi. Eighteenth century. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Few objects come in such a vast palette as masks, which can be worn on the top, bottom or the whole of the face, and are used to perform religious ceremonies, to embellish festive occasions,