Cléopâtre was a 32-gun Vénus class frigate of the French Navy. She was designed by Jacques-Noël Sané, and had a coppered hull. She was launched in 1781, and the British captured her in 1793. She then
Cléopâtre at Start Point, Devon in 1793
Battle of Cuddalore (1783)
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The Battle of Cuddalore in 1783 was a naval battle between a British fleet, under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes with Admiral L.J. Weiland, and a smaller French fleet, under the Bailli de Suffren, off the
French frigate Cléopâtre (1781)
…1781, and the British captured her in 1793. She then served the Royal Navy as HMS Oiseau until she was broken up in 1816. Cléopâtre took part in the Battle of Cuddalore in late June 1783, where she was the flagship of Suffren. On 19 June 1793, as she sailed off Guernsey under Lieutenant de vaisseau Mullon, she encountered…
1836 painting of the battle
Portrait of Suffren by Pompeo Batoni