Chimère was ordered as a privateer by the Chamber of commerce of Marseille on 18 October 1756. On 10 October 1757, the French Navy purchased her, while still under construction.[1]
She first served in the Mediterranean under Faucher. In 1758, she returned Turkish prisoners to Constantinople.[2] She was next under L'Isle Taulanne, and Tressemanes.[1]
She fought at the Battle of St. Lucia on 15 December 1778, where she was tasked to bombard the British battery on the Southern peninsula, along with the 50-gun Sagittaire.[4]
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french, frigate, chimère, 1758, other, ships, with, same, name, french, ship, chimère, chimère, frigate, french, navy, notably, took, part, american, independence, history, france, namechimère, ordered18, october, 1756, buildertoulon, laid, downjanuary, 1757, . For other ships with the same name see French ship Chimere Chimere was a 32 gun frigate of the French Navy She notably took part in the War of American Independence History France NameChimere Ordered18 October 1756 1 BuilderToulon 1 Laid downJanuary 1757 1 Launched6 February 1758 1 FateSold 1783 General characteristics Typefrigate Tons burthen520 to 611 tonnes Length44 2 metres Beam11 6 metres Depth of hold4 7 metres PropulsionSails Armament26 12 pounder long guns Contents 1 Career 2 Fate 3 Citations 4 ReferencesCareer editChimere was ordered as a privateer by the Chamber of commerce of Marseille on 18 October 1756 On 10 October 1757 the French Navy purchased her while still under construction 1 She first served in the Mediterranean under Faucher In 1758 she returned Turkish prisoners to Constantinople 2 She was next under L Isle Taulanne and Tressemanes 1 On 13 April 1778 Chimere departed Toulon under Saint Cesaire as part of a squadron under Admiral d Estaing Sagittaire along with Languedoc Tonnant Cesar Zele Hector Guerrier Marseillais Protecteur Vaillant Provence and Fantasque 3 1 She fought at the Battle of St Lucia on 15 December 1778 where she was tasked to bombard the British battery on the Southern peninsula along with the 50 gun Sagittaire 4 On 9 June 1779 Vengeur and Sagittaire along with the frigates Chimere and Aimable departed for Martinique under Brach as a distraction to cover Du Rumain s departure who was sailing for his Capture of Saint Vincent with Lavely Lys and four transports 5 On 8 July 1778 she was at Sandy Hook and was sent to Philadelphia to ferry Ambassador Rayneval 1 She then took part in the Siege of Savannah 1 6 under Trolong du Rumain 6 Fate editFrom 1780 Chimere was loaned to be used as a merchantman In August 1783 she was sold 1 Citations edit a b c d e f g h i j k Roche 2005 p 114 115 Moulin 1922 p 40 Lacour Gayet 1910 p 139 Troude 1867 p 19 Lacour Gayet 1910 p 197 a b Troude 1867 p 43 References editLacour Gayet Georges 1910 La marine militaire de la France sous le regne de Louis XVI Paris Honore Champion pp 431 434 Moulin Stephane 1922 La Carriere d un Marin au XVIIIeme siecle Joseph de Flotte 1734 1792 Gap editions Jean et Peyrot OCLC 902496109 Roche Jean Michel 2005 Dictionnaire des batiments de la flotte de guerre francaise de Colbert a nos jours Vol 1 Group Retozel Maury Millau ISBN 978 2 9525917 0 6 OCLC 165892922 1671 1870 Troude Onesime Joachim 1867 Batailles navales de la France in French Vol 2 Challamel aine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title French frigate Chimere 1758 amp oldid 1166559662, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
