Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, active during the French Directory, French Consulate and First French Empire. Renamed Marengo in 1802, she took
Marengo (left) at the action of 13 March 1806
HMS Centurion repelling Marengo at the Battle of Visakhapatnam (the battle occurred at a far greater range than depicted).
Atalante was a 40-gun Virginie-class frigate of the French Navy. Launched in 1802, she began cruising in the Indian Ocean in 1803 under Frigate Captain Carmille-Charles-Alexis Gaudin Beauchene in a sq
French ship Jean-Jacques Rousseau
…Linois, set to take possession of Pondicherry, which the Treaty of Amiens had attributed to France. The squadron also comprised the frigates Belle Poule, Atalante and Sémillante, along with two troopships carrying 1350 soldiers under General Decaen. From May 1803, tensions rose between France and England. Linois…
Atalante can be seen in this printed key for a view of the Battle of Pulau Aur, a painting by Francis Sartorius, the younger after a drawing by an officer on board the Henry Addington