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33: 244: 58: 385: 107: 114: 121: 270:. On 11 January she captured Danish flagged schooner Willing Maid 294 miles off Cape Henlopen sailing to North Carolina from Curacao. On 13 January, 1778 she captured brigantine Sally approximately 160 miles off Cape Henlopen. On 14 January, 1778 she captured Dutch ship Vrouw Margaretta 130 miles off Cape Henlopen. On 6 February she captured Rhode Island privateer sloop Montgomery 200 miles off 1082: 370:, who had left Spithead with a squadron escorting a convoy en route to North America, sent the convoy in to Torbay and proceeded to the relief of Jersey with his ships. However, when he arrived he found that Captain Ford of 1057: 1032: 266:
with credit for the prize going to Experiment. On 8 January, 1778, under the command of Captain Sir James Wallace, she captured merchant sloop Morning Star approximately 475 miles off
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Sometime in January/February, 1778 she rescued the crew of the armed Brigantine Rawleigh as the ship sank. On 6 January, 1778 her tender "Hawk" captured sloop Lee in
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to secure communications channels between Grasse's squadron and Saint-Simon's expeditionary corps, along with
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into a frigate. In September 1794, under Lieutenant Arnaud, she was part of a division also comprising
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had the situation well in hand. The French flotilla retreated to Saint-Malo, but then anchored at
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was used as a horse transport from December 1797, and hulked in Rochefort on 23 August 1802.
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50-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy, captured and recommissioned in the French Navy
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and shipping. Among many other vessels they captured two Sierra Leone Company vessels,
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and had excellent nautical qualities. In late 1779, she returned to Toulon, along with
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apparently was present in some capacity both at the relief and the subsequent action.
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departed France to join the French squadron off Rhode Island, along with
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after the British withdrew. The British also captured the 32-gun frigate
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In early September 1781, she was part of a division stationed off
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La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI
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Other vessels in the squadron consisted of the armed ship
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US Government Printing Office via Imbiblio 883:"Naval Documents of the American Revolution" 863:. US Government Printing Office via Imbiblio 858:"Naval Documents of the American Revolution" 1540:List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy 1471: 1457: 1449: 1125: 1123: 748:Either from late January or from February. 1250: 19:For other ships with the same name, see 760: 694: 545:. In March 1782, MĂ©dine transferred to 254:, 8 December 1776, by Irwin John Bevan 27: 1202: 794: 103: 54: 7: 1564:Ships of the line of the French Navy 399:A British squadron under Wallace in 1574:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy 312:On 11 May 1778, still Captained by 235:, where she served into the 1800s. 1344:. Paris: Ă©ditions Auguste Picard. 458:, which carried 118,819 piastres. 364:attempted to invade Jersey in 1779 14: 656:, Sayford, master. They retained 439:along with a brig, and a sloop. 411:Bay. 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Index

HMS Experiment

Joseph Marshall
Royal Navy
Sagittaire
War of American Independence
French Navy

attack on Rhode Island
Delaware Bay
Maurice River
Cape Henlopen
Sandy Hook
39°00′N 72°00′W / 39.000°N 72.000°W / 39.000; -72.000
Sandy Hook
Sir James Wallace
Chedabucto Head
Nova Scotia
Cape Sable Island
43°10′N 65°00′W / 43.167°N 65.000°W / 43.167; -65.000
attempted to invade Jersey in 1779
Mariot Arbuthnot
HMS Unicorn
Coutances

action of 13 May 1779
action of 13 May 1779
Cancale
Écluse
Danae

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