French frigate Galathée (1779)
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Galathée-Dumoulin-IMG 5509.JPG |Ship caption=Galathée, drawn in 1781 by François Aimé Louis Dumoulin }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=France |Ship flag=Image:Flag of France (1814–1830).svg Image:Flag of French-Navy-Revolution.svg Image:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg |Ship name=Galathée |Ship namesake=Galatea |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Rochefort {{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=219}} |Ship laid down=January 1778 {{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=219}} |Ship launched=28 June 1779 {{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=219}} |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship struck= |Ship fate=Ran aground 1795 {{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=219}} |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= {{sclass|Galathée|frigate}} |Ship tons burthen=600 tonnes |Ship length={{convert|44.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|12.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship hold depth={{convert|5.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship propulsion=Sails |Ship complement= |Ship armament=32 guns, later upgraded to 44 |Ship notes= }} |
Galathée (or Galatée) {{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=219}}{{sfnp|Monaque|2000|p=35}} was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
Career
In February 1780, Galathée escorted convoys in the Bay of Biscay, along with {{ship|French frigate|Hermione|1779|2}}.{{sfnp|Monaque|2000|p=35}}
Galathée took part in the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War, taking part in the capture of Sint Eustatius and to the Battle of the Saintes.{{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=219}}{{sfnp|Troude|1867|p=141}}
In the summer of 1791, under Major de vaisseau Joseph de Cambis, she ferried French national commissioners to Saint-Domingue.Fonds Marine, vol.1, p.29 In March 1792, in support of one of these commissioners, Edmond de Saint-Léger, Galathée shelled the forces of Romaine-la-Prophétesse which were attacking Léogâne.{{cite book| last = Rey | first = Terry | title = The Priest and the Prophetess: Abbé Ouvière, Romaine Rivière, and the Revolutionary Atlantic World | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2017 | isbn = 978-0190625849 | pages=153–155 }}
During the French Revolution, she took part in the Combat du 13 prairial, where she took {{ship|French ship|Terrible|1779|2}} in tow, under fire, preventing her capture by the British. {{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=219}}
On 14 July 1794 she and {{HMS|Seine|1798|2}} captured the 16-gun sloop-of-war {{HMS|Hound|1790|6}} in the Atlantic.Grocott (1997), p.8. {{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=219}}
In the night of 23 to 24 April 1795, Galathée ran aground off Penmarch, becoming a total loss. {{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=219}}
Citations
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References
- {{cite book|author=Archives de France |title=Fonds marine campagnes : opérations, divisions et stations navales, missions diverses : inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB⁴ |year=2000 |publisher=Centre historique des Archives nationales |isbn=978-2860002653}}
- {{Cite book|last=Monaque|first=Rémi|author-link=Rémi Monaque|title=Les aventures de Louis-René de Latouche-Tréville, compagnon de La Fayette et commandant de l'Hermione|year=2000|location=Paris|publisher=SPM|language=fr}}
- {{cite book|first=Jean-Michel|last=Roche|year=2005|title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours|isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6|publisher=Group Retozel-Maury Millau|volume=1}}
- {{Cite book|first=Onésime-Joachim|last=Troude|author-link=Onésime-Joachim Troude|year=1867|publisher=Challamel ainé|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwZv6FX-RpsC|title=Batailles navales de la France|language=fr|volume=2}}
External links
- [http://www.netmarine.net/bat/smarins/galatee/ancien.htm Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Galatée], netmarine.net
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Category:Galathée-class frigates