French ship Duguay-Trouin
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Ten vessels of the French Navy
have been named Duguay-Trouin in honour of René Duguay-Trouin
; among them:
Many French privateer
s and letters of marque
also bore the name. In British records the name is sometimes given as Du Guay Trouin, Dugai Trouin or Drigai Trouin.
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
have been named Duguay-Trouin in honour of René Duguay-Trouin
René Duguay-Trouin
René Trouin, Sieur du Gué, usually called René Duguay-Trouin, was a famous French corsair of Saint-Malo. He had a brilliant privateering and naval career and eventually became "Lieutenant-General of the Naval Armies of the King" , and a Commander in the Order of Saint-Louis...
; among them:
- Duguay-Trouin (1781-1793), a 74-gun ship of the line
- Duguay-TrouinHMS Implacable (1805)HMS Implacable was a 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy. She was originally the French Navy's Téméraire-class ship of the line Duguay-Trouin, launched in 1800....
(1795-1805), a 74-gun ship of the line; she was captured by the British at the Battle of Trafalgar, renamed HMS Implacable, and was the oldest ship of the line after the HMS Victory when she was scuttled in 1948 - Duguay-Trouin (1813-1824), a 74-gun ship of the line
- Duguay-Trouin (1854-1872), a 90-gun ship of the line
- Duguay-Trouin (1873-1899), an ironclad cruiser
- Duguay-Trouin (1900-1914), a training cruiser transformed into a hospital. The soldier-poet Rupert BrookeRupert BrookeRupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially The Soldier...
died aboard en route to the Dardanelles on 23 April 1915 at Trebuki Bay, SkyrosSkyrosSkyros is an island in Greece, the southernmost of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Around the 2nd millennium BC and slightly later, the island was known as The Island of the Magnetes where the Magnetes used to live and later Pelasgia and Dolopia and later Skyros... - Duguay-TrouinFrench cruiser Duguay-TrouinThe Duguay-Trouin was the lead ship of a class of French light cruisers, launched in the early 1920s. She was named after René Duguay-Trouin, Sieur du Gué, French privateer, admiral and Commander in the Order of Saint-Louis.-Pre-war:...
(1923-1952), a light cruiser, lead ship of her class, which served with the Free French Forces - Duguay-Trouin (D 611), a Tourville class frigate, decommissioned in 1999
- A Barracuda class submarine is scheduled to bear the name
Many French privateer
Privateer
A privateer is a private person or ship authorized by a government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping during wartime. Privateering was a way of mobilizing armed ships and sailors without having to spend public money or commit naval officers...
s and letters of marque
Letter of marque
In the days of fighting sail, a Letter of Marque and Reprisal was a government licence authorizing a person to attack and capture enemy vessels, and bring them before admiralty courts for condemnation and sale...
also bore the name. In British records the name is sometimes given as Du Guay Trouin, Dugai Trouin or Drigai Trouin.
- Privateer Du Guay Trouin captured by on 30 December 1760.. This was an 18-gun French privateer sloop that captured in 1780; this Duguay-Trouin was sold on 30 October 1783.
- Privateer Duguay-Trouin of 22 guns that captured on 15 July 1797.
- Privateer Duguay-Trouin of 24 guns and 150 men that captured on 2 February 1798. She had been built in 1783 and was former slave trader Baron Bender. She was a large (500 tons burthen) ship with a crew of 156 men.. Two Saint Malo merchants had fitted her out and on her first cruise in 1793 under Captain Dufresne Le Gué, she captured two merchant vessels, the Bonne Espérence and the 520 ton (bm) Albermarle of London. These two vessels yielded livresFrench livreThe livre was the currency of France until 1795. Several different livres existed, some concurrently. The livre was the name of both units of account and coins.-Etymology:...
1,501,848 in prize money. On her second cruise, in the winter of 1797, she was under the command of Captain Nicholas Legué and had a crew of 172 men.. This Duguay Trouin may have been the schooner that and captured on 30 March 1809. This letter of marqueLetter of marqueIn the days of fighting sail, a Letter of Marque and Reprisal was a government licence authorizing a person to attack and capture enemy vessels, and bring them before admiralty courts for condemnation and sale...
was commissioned in April to carry eight guns. She then served in Sir John Borlase WarrenJohn Borlase WarrenSir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet , was an English admiral, politician and diplomat. Born in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, he was the son and heir of John Borlase Warren of Stapleford and Little Marlow...
's squadron. - Privateer Duguay-Trouin of 14 guns, which captured on 19 January 1810. She was out of Brest and had a burthen of 163 tons (bm).
- Privateer Du Guay Trouin of 10 guns and 116 men, which UniteHMS Imperieuse (1793)The Impérieuse was a 40-gun Minerve class frigate of the French Navy. She later served in the Royal Navy as HMS Imperieuse and HMS Unite.-French service and capture:...
captured on 19 May 1810.