HMS Ceres (1777)
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HMS Ceres was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1777 for the British Royal Navy that the French captured in December 1778 off Saint Lucia. The French Navy took her into service as Cérès. The British recaptu
HMS Ceres
The capture of the 32-gun French frigate Amiable and the corvette Ceres after their encounter with Sir Samuel Hood in the Barfleur, with the Valiant and the Magnificent, in the Mona Passage, 19 April 1782
Battle of Martinique (1780)
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The Battle of Martinique, also known as the Battle of Dominica, took place on 17 April 1780 during the American Revolutionary War in the West Indies between the Royal Navy and the French Navy.
HMS Ceres (1777)
…Comte d'Estaing, the effort was a spectacular failure, In 1780, Cérès was part of the fleet under Admiral the comte de Guichen. She participated in the battle of Martinique on 17 April, and in two subsequent fleet engagements on 15 and 19 May. In September, Cérès arrived at Cadiz as a member of a squadron under Guichen…
Painting of the battle by Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy
Painting of the battle by Thomas Luny