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''Alceste'' was a ''Magicienne'' class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1780, that the British seized at the Siege of Toulon. They transferred her to the Kingdom of Sardinia, but the French recaptured her a year later in the Action of 8 June 1794. The British captured her again at the Action of 18 June 1799 and took her into service as HMS ''Alceste''. In 1801 she became a floating battery and she was sold the next year. ==Career== At the outbreak of the French Revolution, ''Alceste'' served in the Mediterranean until she was put in the reserved and disarmed in Toulon. The royalist insurrection found her there; the British, who supported the royalists, seized her and transferred her to the Kingdom of Sardinia before the conclusion of the Siege of Toulon. The 32-gun ''Boudeuse'' recaptured her in the Action of 8 June 1794. The French then took her back into French service. On 4 August 1794 ''Alceste'' and ''Vestale'' were off Cape Bon when they encountered and captured the brig . The French took ''Scout'' into service under existing name, but she wrecked on 12 December 1795 off Cadiz.〔Winfield and Roberts (2015), p.125.〕 Under Captain Louis-Jean-Nicolas Lejoille, ''Alceste'' was part of Admiral Martin's squadron, which captured in 1795. Jean Joseph Hubert took command of ''Alceste'' on 31 March 1795. She took part in the Battle of Hyères Islands, where she battled several British ships before rescuing ''Alcide''. In March 1796, ''Alceste'' ferried Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet to his appointment as ambassador to Constantinople, along with military advisors. From November 1796 to January 1797, ''Alceste'' patrolled the coasts of Italy under Captain Jean-François-Timothée Trullet. She took part in the Expédition d'Égypte under Jean-Baptiste Barré, ferrying General Jean Reynier, and was later appointed to a squadron under Admiral Jean-Baptiste Perrée, which also comprised the frigates ''Junon'' and ''Alceste'', and ''Courageuse'', and the brigs ''Salamine'' and ''Alerte''. In the Action of 18 June 1799, captured ''Alceste''. 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 Alceste (1780)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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