French ship Duguay-Trouin

Ten vessels of the French Navy have been named Duguay-Trouin in honour of René Duguay-Trouin; among them:

Duguay-Trouin (1781-1793), a 74-gun ship of the line
Duguay-Trouin (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 Brooke died aboard en route to the Dardanelles on 23 April 1915 at Trebuki Bay, Skyros
Duguay-Trouin (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 privateers 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.

Privateer Du Guay Trouin captured by Tweed on 30 December 1760.^[1]
HMS Duguay-Trouin. This was an 18-gun French privateer sloop that Surprise captured in 1780; this Duguay-Trouin was sold on 30 October 1783.
Privateer Duguay-Trouin of 22 guns that Doris captured on 15 July 1797.^[2]
Privateer Duguay-Trouin of 24 guns and 150 men that Shannon captured on 2 February 1798.^[3] 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.^[4]. 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 livres 1,501,848 in prize money.^[5] 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.^[6]
HMS Duguay-Trouin. This Duguay Trouin may have been the schooner that Ferret and Hussar captured on 30 March 1809.^[7] This letter of marque was commissioned in April to carry eight guns. She then served in Sir John Borlase Warren's squadron.^[8]
Privateer Duguay-Trouin of 14 guns, which Narcissus captured on 19 January 1810.^[9]^[10] She was out of Brest and had a burthen of 163 tons (bm).^[11]
Privateer Du Guay Trouin of 10 guns and 116 men, which Unite captured on 19 May 1810.^[12]

References

Citations

^ London Gazette: no. 100663. p. 7. 30 December 1760.
^ London Gazette: no. 14033. p. 732. 1 August 1797.
^ London Gazette: no. 14090. pp. 130–131. 10 February 1798.
^ Crowhurst (1989), p.60.
^ Crowhurst (1989), p.89.
^ Crowhurst (1989), p.96.
^ London Gazette: no. 16479. p. 762. 23 April 1811.
^ Gwyn (2003), p.175, fn. 124.
^ London Gazette: no. 16342. pp. 234–235. 13 February 1810.
^ Naval Chronicle, Vol. 23, p.337.
^ Crowhurst (1989), p.69.
^ London Gazette: no. 16392. p. 1138. 31 July 1810.

Bibliography

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
Crowhurst, Patrick (1989) The French War on Trade: Privateering 1793-1815. (Scholar Press). ISBN 0 85967 8040
Gwyn, Julian (2003) Frigates and foremasts:the North American Squadron in Nova Scotia waters, 1745-1815. (UBC Press).ISBN 9780774809115

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