Английская Википедия:French frigate Aurore (1768)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsAurore was a frigate of the French Navy
Career
Aurore was ordered on 31 March 1766 as Envieuse, and renamed to Aurore in February 1767, while still under construction.Шаблон:Sfnp
Aurore took part in the 1772 edition of the Escadre d'évolution under Captain de La Tullaye.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp
On 16 July 1778, she departed Toulon under Captain BomparШаблон:Sfnp for a mission in the Mediterranean, as part of a squadron under Louis de Fabry de Fabrègues.Шаблон:Sfnp
On 20 January 1779, Aurore recaptured the storeship Heureux Jérôme, that the British had taken as prize, and brought her to Toulon.Шаблон:Sfnp
In October 1779, Aurore departed Marseille under Joseph de Flotte, escorting a 26-ship convoy bound for Martinique, ferrying supplies for the French colonies of the Caribbeans and for the division under Chef d'Escadre Lamotte-Picquet.Шаблон:Sfnp Arriving in Saint Lucia channel, the body of water between the islands of Saint Lucia and Martinique,Шаблон:Sfnp the convoy met a 13-ship British squadron under Admiral Hyde Parker. The British gave chase, and Lamotte scrambled to cover the escape of the convoy, leading to the Battle of Martinique.Шаблон:Sfnp
In 1780, she sailed from the Caribbean to Cadiz to take part in the Great Siege of Gibraltar.Шаблон:Sfnp
In 1793, she was surrendered to the British by Royalist insurgents that had seized control of the city and harbour of Toulon.Шаблон:Sfnp
The British removed her when they evacuated Toulon and the ship was renamed Aurora. She was hulked as a prison ship in 1799 at Gibraltar and was broken up there in 1803.Шаблон:Sfnp
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