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''Courageuse'' was a 12-pounder ''Concorde'' class frigate of the French Navy. She was launched in 1778. The British captured her in 1799 and thereafter used her as a receiving ship or prison hulk at Malta before breaking her up in 1802. ==Career== In 1790, under Captain〔"''Major de vaisseau''"; Fonds Marine, p.22〕 de Grasse-Briançon, ''Courageuse'' was part of the Toulon squadron under Vice-admiral de Poute de Nieuil.〔Fonds Marine, p.22〕 From 2 August, she ferried troops and civil commissioners to Corsica, and cruised in the area before making a port call to Ajaccio and eventually returning to Toulon on 30 October.〔Fonds Marine, p.26〕 In 1792, under Captain de La Croix de Saint-Vallier, ''Courageuse'' sailed off Smyrna, Saloniki and Tripoli, returning to Smyrna on 6 December.〔Fonds Marine, p.33〕 In January 1793, she escorted a convoy to Marseille, and from there returned to Toulon, arriving on 12 May.〔Fonds Marine, p.52〕 ''Courageuse'' took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver in the winter of 1794-1795,〔Troude, vol.2, p.405〕 under Captain Dalbarade.〔Fonds Marine, p.121〕 She was part of the naval division under Rear-admiral Renaudin, which arrived in Toulon on 2 April 1795.〔Troude, vol.2, p.408〕 In the summer of 1795, she was part of the station of the Gulf of Roses, under Lieutenant Pourquier,〔Roche, p.269〕〔Fonds Marine, p.132〕〔James' ''Naval History of Great Britain'' ((vol.2 p.263 )) gives his first name as "Honoré".〕 supporting the Army of the Pyrenees in the Siege of Roses.〔Troude, vol.2, p.447〕 On 9 July, she defended herself against a Spanish squadron,〔Fonds Marine, p.136〕 composed of 16 gunboats, supported by three frigates and two ships of the line. ''Courageuse'', supported by artillery fire from French-held forts, successfully fended off the attack.〔 In the fleet of Toulon, ''Courageuse'' took part in the Mediterranean campaign of 1798; after the Battle of the Nile, she was armed en flûte and ferried supplies for the French Army in Egypt and Syria.〔Troude, vol.3, p.94〕 Under Captain Trullet,〔 ''Courageuse'' was part of the Syrian naval station under Rear-admiral Perrée.〔Fonds Marine, p.229〕 She ferried artillery and ammunition of the French Army besieging Acre; on 9 April 1799, she captured the British gunboat ''Foudre''.〔 HMS ''Centaur'' captured ''Courageuse'' in the Action of 18 June 1799.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「French frigate Courageuse (1778)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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