Battle of Ushant (1782)
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The Battle of Ushant was fought on 20–21 April 1782 during the American Revolutionary War between a French Navy squadron of three ships of the line protecting a convoy of 12 transport ships and a Roya
HMS Foudroyant and Pégase entering Portsmouth Harbour nine days after the battle
HMS Queen, which fought at the battle
HMS Foudroyant (1758)
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Foudroyant was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was captured by a British squadron on 28 February 1758 at the Battle of Cartagena and subsequently commissioned into the Royal Navy as
Battle of Ushant (1782)
…Captain John Macbride informed the rest of the fleet after sighting the French convoy. Barrington then made the signal for the 84-gun ship of the line HMS Foudroyant in the lead under Captain John Jervis to give chase to the French fleet. The French convoy consisted of 19 transport ships and the 64-gun Actionnaire…
Foudroyant at the Battle of Cartagena