Ville de Paris was a ship of the line of the French Navy. Launched in 1764 mounting 90 guns, she underwent a refit in 1779 which added 14 more guns. One of the don des vaisseaux, Ville de Paris served
Ville de Paris in Rochefort, 1764
The Battle of the Saintes, 12 April 1782: surrender of the Ville de Paris by Thomas Whitcombe, painted 1783, shows Hood's Barfleur, centre, attacking the French flagship Ville de Paris, right.
The Ville de Paris, foundering in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
Battle of the Saintes
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The Battle of the Saintes, also known as the Battle of Dominica, was fought between the British and French navies on 9–12 April 1782 off Dominica during the American Revolutionary War. A British fleet
French ship Ville de Paris (1764)
…vaisseaux, Ville de Paris served in the American Revolutionary War as the flagship of Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse. Her final battle was the Battle of the Saintes in 1782, where she was captured by the Royal Navy. While the British were transporting her to England, she sank in the 1782 Central Atlantic hurricane…
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George Rodney
Lord Rodney's flagship Formidable breaking through the French line at the Battle of the Saintes by William Elliott