French ship Scipion (1801)
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Scipion was a 74-gun French ship of the line, built at Lorient to a design by Jacques Noel Sane. She was laid down as Orient in late 1798, and renamed Scipion in 1801. She was first commissioned in 18
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Scipion (1801), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
Blockade of Toulon, 1810-1814: Pellew's action, 5 November 1813, by Thomas Luny
HMS Belleisle (1795)
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Lion was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line of the French Navy, which later served in the Royal Navy. She was named Lion on 23 April 1790 and built at Rochefort from August 1791 until June 1794
French ship Scipion (1801)
…one of Rear Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley's ships at the Battle of Trafalgar. Dumanoir commanded the six-ship vanguard of the French fleet, with Formidable, Scipion, Duguay-Trouin, Mont Blanc, Intrépide and Neptune. Nelson's attacks left these ships downwind of the main confrontation and Dumanoir did not…
Belleisle after the Battle of Trafalgar
Belleisle, fifteen minutes past noon at Trafalgar
The dismasted Belleisle later on in the battle