Papal Navy
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The Papal Navy was the maritime force of the Papal States. Loosely constituted, it was sporadically extant from approximately the Battle of Ostia during the pontificate of Leo IV until the ascension o
The Immacolata Concezione, an armed steam-powered corvette which served as the flagship (and papal yacht) of the mid-to-late 19th-century Papal Navy
San Paolo as HMS Speedy off Leghorn on 21 March 1800
HMS Speedy (1782)
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HMS Speedy was a 14-gun Speedy-class brig sloop of the Royal Navy. Built during the last years of the American War of Independence, she served with distinction during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Papal Navy
…following the disastrous end of his Egyptian campaign, Napoleon donated two 16-gun brigs to Pope Pius VII and the restored Papal Navy: the somewhat aged Saint Paul, and the brand-new Saint Pierre. Under the names San Paolo and San Pietro they sat in the arsenal of Civitavecchia until 1806, when San Paolo was struck…
Charles Cunningham, Speedy's commander at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars
George Cockburn, Speedy's fifth commander who rose to the rank of admiral of the fleet
Hugh Downman, Speedy's commander between 1797 and 1799