French ship Ville de Paris (1764)
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Ville de Paris was a large three-decker French ship of the line that became famous as the flagship of De Grasse during the American Revolutionary War.
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 Ushant (1778)
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The Battle of Ushant took place on 27 July 1778, and was fought during the American Revolutionary War between French and British fleets 100 miles (160 km) west of Ushant, an island at the mouth of the English Channel off the westernmost point of France. "Ushant" is the anglicised pronunciation of "Ouessant".
Combat d'Ouessant juillet 1778, Théodore Gudin
Depiction of the battle