French corvette Dauphine (1773)
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Dauphine |
| Builder | Ile Bourbon (La Réunion) |
| Laid down | circa 1772 [2] |
| Launched | June 1773 [1] |
| In service | August 1773 [2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
Dauphine was a small 4-gun corvette of the French Navy. She is notable for the rescue operation to Tromelin Island that gave it its present name, and for taking part in the Second voyage of Kerguelen. The Baie de la Dauphine, in the Kerguelen Archipelago, is named in her honour.
Career
Dauphine was launched in June 1773 at
On 16 December, Dauphine discovered
Ensign Tromelin-Lanuguy took command of Dauphine on 14 June 1774. In late 1774 and December 1775, Dauphine sailed to Madagascar resupply Maurice Benyovszky.[1]
On 29 November 1776, Dauphine rescued 7 women and an 8-month child, sole survivors of 160 slaves abandoned by the crew of a slave ship wrecked on "Isle aux Sables" (now Tromelin Island) on 27 September 1761, some 15 years earlier.[7]
In 1778, Dauphine was reconfigured with a brig rigging.[2]
In June 1780, she was captured by three British privateers.[2]
Notes
Citations
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- ^ a b c d e Demerliac (2004), p. 27, n°96.
- ^ Roche (2005), p. 385.
- ^ Demerliac (2004), p. 19, n°38.
- ^ Roche (2005), p. 333.
- ^ Demerliac (2004), p. 25, n°83.
- . Retrieved 24 April 2020.
References
- Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-23-3.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. OCLC 165892922.
- ISBN 9782271086662.