French frigate Preneuse
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Preneuse was a 44-gun Preneuse-class frigate of the French Navy. The lead ship of her class, she was designed by the shipwright Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at Rochefort. During the French Revoluti
Preneuse (first from right) at the Battle of Port Louis
Destruction of the Preneuse
Vice-Admiral Pierre César Charles Guillaume, marquis de Sercey was a French Navy officer and politician who served in American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and Haitian R
French frigate Preneuse
…In 1795, Preneuse was stationed at Rochefort under Captain Larcher. She was then transferred to the Indian Ocean station, commanded by Rear-Admiral Sercey. In 1796, she was at Mauritius under Captain Ravenel, at Port-Nord-Ouest. In March 1798, under Lhermitte, she ferried ambassadors from Mysore sent by…
Combat des frégates françaises La Nymphe et L'Amphitrite contre le vaisseau anglais L'Argo (11 février 1783), oil on canvas, by Pierre-Julien Gilbert, 1837, Musée de l'Histoire de France.
Vue de l’incendie de la ville du Cap-Français, 21 juin 1793, painted engraving by Jean-Baptiste Chapuy, 1794, Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Le Combat de la Preneuse, Auguste Mayer, Quesnel-Morinière Museum.
Sercey's name inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe, west pillar, column 40.