Croisière du Grand Hiver order of battle
The Order of battle of the Croisière du Grand Hiver lists the French forces involved in the Campaign of the Great Winter 24 December 1794 – 3 February 1795, during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Order of Battle
[edit]| First squadron, Villaret-Joyeuse | |||||
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| Division | Ship | Guns | Commander | Notes | |
| First division | Tourville | 74 | Henry | ||
| Montagne | 120 | Captain Vignot Vice-amiral Villaret-Joyeuse |
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| Marat | 74 | Captain Le Francq | |||
| Second division | Gasparin | 74 | L'Hermitte | ||
| Révolution | 74 | Lalande | |||
| Third division | Superbe | 74 | Colomb | Lost on 30 January, 21 men lost | |
| Neuf Thermidor | 80 | Doré | Lost on 29 January | ||
| Alexandre | 74 | Guillemet | |||
| Second squadron, Bouvet | |||||
| Division | Ship | Guns | Commander | Notes | |
| Fourth division | Jemmappes | 74 | Lafond Contre-amiral Renaudin |
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| Majestueux | 110 | Le Beau | Contre-amiral (rear-Admiral) | ||
| Aquilon | 74 | La Terre | |||
| Fifth division | Montagnard | 74 | Richery | ||
| Scipion | 74 | Huguet | Lost on 30 January | ||
| Trente-et-un-Mai | 74 | Ganteaume | |||
| Sixth division | Patriote | 74 | Le Tendre | ||
| Entreprenant | 74 | Dufay | |||
| Third squadron, Nielly | |||||
| Division | Ship | Guns | Commander | Notes | |
| Seventh division | Convention | 74 | Terrasson | Lost her rudder on 30 January, towed back to Lorient | |
| Terrible | 110 | Captain Bedout Contre-admiral Nielly |
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| Pelletier | 74 | Raillard | |||
| Eighth division | Révolutionnaire | 110 | Le Gouardin | Returned in a battered state. Deemed irreparable and broken up. | |
| Nestor | 74 | Monnier | Damaged, back to harbour on 31 December. | ||
| Ninth division | Trajan | 74 | Leroy | ||
| Indomptable | 74 | Le Mesle | |||
| Tyrannicide | 74 | Alain-Joseph Dordelin | |||
| Light squadron, Van Stabel | |||||
| Division | Ship | Guns | Commander | Notes | |
| First division | Éole | 74 | Trinquelléon | ||
| Jean Bart | 74 | Pittet | |||
| Audacieux | 74 | Philastre | |||
| Tigre | 74 | Matagne Contre-amiral Van Stabel |
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| Fougueux | 74 | La Brière | |||
| Second division | Zélé | 74 | Porlodec | ||
| Mucius | 74 | Larreguy | |||
| Téméraire | 74 | Morel | Damaged, back to Saint-Malo on 31 December. Deemed irreparable and broken up. | ||
| Droits de l'Homme | 74 | Cornic | |||
| Ships that failed to depart | |||||
| Républicain | 110 | Longer | Wrecked on Mingant rock. 10 men lost. | ||
| Redoutable | 74 | Montcousu | Damaged while departing, had to cancel. | ||
| Neptune | 74 | Tiphaigne | Delayed by damage to her capstan, later ran aground off Perros Guirrec. 50 men lost. | ||
| Frigates and smaller ships | |||||
| Vertu | Lieutenant Montagniès | ||||
| Courageuse | 44 | Captain Dalbarade[1] | |||
| Méduse | 26 | ||||
| Virginie | 44 | Jacques Bergeret | |||
| Surveillante | 32 | ||||
| Insurgente | |||||
| Railleuse | 32 | ||||
| Précieuse | |||||
| Fraternité | 32 | ||||
| Embuscade | 32 | ||||
| Tamise | 32 | Fradin | |||
| Charente | 36 | ||||
| Républicaine | 32 | François Pitot | |||
| Berceau | 22 | ||||
| Bayonnaise | 24 | ||||
| Légère | 22 | Carpentier, fils. | |||
| Réolaise[2] | 20 | Lieutenant Tanays | |||
| Espion | 16 | ||||
| Bergère | 16 | ||||
| Impatiente | |||||
| Atalante | 16 | ||||
| Papillon | 12 | ||||
| Bonnet Rouge | |||||
| Total casualties: 81 men | |||||
| Source: Histoire des marins français 1789-1815, CA (2eS) Hubert Granier, p.94 Batailles navales de la France, Onésime-Joachim Troude, Challamel ainé, 1867, vol.2, p. 404 | |||||
Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Fonds Marine, vol.1, p.121
- ^ Roche (2005), p. 337.
Bibliography
[edit]- Granier, Hubert (1998). Histoire des Marins français 1789-1815. illustrations by Alain Coz. Marines éditions. ISBN 2-909675-41-6.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1671-1870)
- Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé.
- Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 482 (1790-1826) [1]