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HMS ''Achilles'' was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Barnard and Turner at Harwich to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1750, and launched in 1757. She was ordered in November 1755. HMS ''Achilles'' was a Dunkirk-class fourth rate, along with HMS ''Dunkirk'' and HMS ''America''. ==Career== HMS ''Achilles'' was launched on 6 February 1757 at Harwich. At the Action of 29 April 1758, she was detached along with HMS ''Dorsetshire'' in pursuit of the 64-gun French ship ''Raisonnable''. The ''Dorsetshire'' engaged the ''Raisonnable'' first, followed by the ''Achilles''. After sustaining 35 casualties, ''Raisonnable'' was taken and later purchased for the navy as HMS ''Raisonnable''. On 4 April 1759 ''Achilles'' engaged and captured the 60-gun French privateer, ''Comte de St. Florentine'' in a two hour battle. The ''Achilles'' sustained 25 casualties - 2 killed and 23 wounded. The ''Comte de St. Florentine'' was later brought into the Royal Navy as HMS ''St. Florentine''. Later that year, the ''Achilles'' was the flagship of Rear-Admiral George Rodney when he sailed to L'Havre on 3 July. The fleet of four 50-gun ships along with 5 frigates, a sloop and 6 bomb ketches destroyed landing barges assembled in the harbour for a possible invasion of England. The ''Achilles'' remained at L'Havre for the rest of the year. On 28 March 1762 the ''Achilles'', along with several other warships and transports carrying 10,000 troops, set sail from Saint Helens to attack the French at Belleisle. The fleet arrived on 7 April and anchored in the Palais road. The next day the army attempted a landing under the cover of the ''Achilles''s guns. The attack was forced back and the army lost 500 soldiers killed, wounded or captured. The army finally landed successfully on 22 April, and besieged the French in le Palais until 7 June - when the French surrendered. ''Achilles'' became the guardship at Portsmouth in 1763. ''Achilles'' was hulked in 1782 and sold on 1 June 1784. 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「HMS Achilles (1757)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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