French frigate Diane (1796)
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Diane was a 38-gun frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1796. She participated in the battle of the Nile, but in August 1800 the Royal Navy captured her. She was taken into British service as HMS N
Diane (third from left) at the Battle of the Nile
French brig Néarque
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The French brig Néarque was an Abeille-class brig launched at Lorient in 1804. She made a voyage to the Caribbean in 1805. After the frigate HMS Niobe captured her in March 1806, the Royal Navy took h
French frigate Diane (1796)
…command of Captain John Wentworth Loring, there already being an HMS Diana in service. On 28 March 1806, Niobe was off Groix when she captured the 16-gun Néarque, which had just separated from Leduc's division. Niobe, still under Captain Loring, and Argus, Commander James Stuart, captured the Danish ship King…
1/36 scale model of Cygne, sister-ship of Néarque, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris