Croisière du Grand Hiver
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The Croisière du Grand Hiver was a naval campaign carried out by the French Navy during the War of the First Coalition. Ordered by the National Convention in the wake of the French navy's tactical def
Républicain grounded on 24 December during the campaign
Villaret de Joyeuse, the campaign's commander
Ship model of Neptune, which was lost during the campaign
Mont Blanc was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the 1790s. In the course of her career, she was renamed no less than four times, reflecting the tides of polit
The Mont Blanc off Marseille (detail of this image), by Antoine Roux.