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Sea-flower (4) 1714-1718
British 4 Gun
Merchant Sloop
Added
Charles BainsBritish
Ship Owner
Merchant Sailor
Service 1714-1718
Added
John ScottBritish
Merchant Sailor
Service 1798
Update
La Vengeance (20) 1797-1800
French 20 Gun
Privateer Unknown
Update
Zephyr (8) 1790-1798
British 8 Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
Update
Woodcot (Unknown) 1786-1798
British Unknown Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
Update
Raymond (Unknown) 1782-1798
British Unknown Gun
Merchant East Indiaman (EIC Regular Ship)
Update
Cassandra (26) 1720-1723
Pirate 26 Gun
6th Rate Ship
Update
Cassandra (26) 1719-1720
British 26 Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
Added
Richard LazenbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Pirate
Service 1719-1723
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Cherbourg

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Type : Port
Location(s) : Normandy - France

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Cherbourg Dockyard - Naval Dockyard

Offices associated with Cherbourg and related locations

Events at Cherbourg

1696Launched
Le Nouveau Cherbourg (36) 1696-1697
French 36 Gun
Privateer Ship
BWAS-1603
1762/06/01Birth of
Amable Gilles TroudeFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1824
E-WIKI
1762/10/20Death of
Olivier Jourdan de la PassardièreFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1805-1830
1767/01/06Birth of
Éléonor Jean Nicolas SoleilFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1808
002
1783/03/24Death of
Philippe DantremontFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1771-1781
1791/05/10Birth of
François LeconteFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1791-1872
1794/01/04Launched
Le Chalier (3) 1794-1800
French 3 Gun
Unrated Gunboat
1794 Renamed "Le Cerbère"
BWAS-1793
1794/02Launched
Le Crache Feu (3) 1794-1795
French 3 Gun
Unrated Gunboat
BWAS-1793
1795/05/09Launched
Crache Feu (3) 1795-1797
British 3 Gun
Unrated Gunboat
BWAS-1793
1795/05/17Launched
La Colombe (16) 1795-1803
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
BWAS-1793
1797/09/22Launched
La Furieuse (42) 1797-1809
French 42 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1799/09/15Launched
La Guerrière (38) 1799-1806
French 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1793
1800/07/29Launched
Cerbere (10) 1800-1804
British 10 Gun
Unrated Gunboat
BWAS-1793
1803/06/18Launched
Colombe (16) 1803-1811
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
BWAS-1793
1803/06/28Launched
Mignonne (16) 1803-1804
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
1806/04/05Launched
La Manche (40) 1806-1810
French 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1806/07/19Launched
Guerriere (38) 1806-1812
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1793
1808/04/11Launched
L'Amphitrite (40) 1808-1809
French 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
NNF-1800
1808/12/08Launched
Le Golymin (74) 1808-1814
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
E-WIKI
1809/05Launched
L'Astrée (40) 1809-1810
French 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
NNF-1800
1809/07/06Launched
Furieuse (36) 1809-1816
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
BWAS-1793
1809/11/05
L'Étoile (16) 1807-1809
French 16 Gun
Privateer Lugger
taken by
Euryalus (36) 1803-1860
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1859 Renamed "Africa"
.ADM 103
1810/05/20Launched
L'Iphigénie (40) 1810-1814
French 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
NNF-1800
1811/06/03Death of
Louis MallesFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1741-1811
002
1811/10/03Launched
L'Alcmene (40) 1811-1814
French 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
NNF-1800
1813/10/12Launched
Le Zélandais (86) 1813-1858
French 86 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1814 Renamed "Duquesne"
1815 Renamed "Zélandais"
1815 Renamed "Duquesne"
1830 Renamed "Zélandais"
E-WIKI
1814/01/16Launched
Palma (38) 1814-1817
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1814 Renamed "Gloire"
BWAS-1793
1814/02/16Launched
Dunira (38) 1814-1837
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1814 Renamed "Immortalite"
BWAS-1793
1817/04/01Launched
La Cléopâtre (40) 1817-1824
French 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
NNF-1800
1818/01/08Launched
Le Centaure (86) 1818-1862
French 86 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1823 Renamed "Santi-Pietri"
FWAS1786
1818/10/03Birth of
Pierre Félix MichelinFrench
Administrator
Service 1836-1881
1821/08/28Launched
La Pomone (28) 1821-1830
French 28 Gun
Unrated Corvette
ref:1122
1822/11/11Birth of
Hippolyte Auguste GirardFrench
Administrator
Service 1841-1873
1823/04/13Launched
L'Alsacienne (8) 1823-1851
French 8 Gun
Unrated Gun-brig
ref:1122
1823/04/13Launched
La Bressane (8) 1823-1833
French 8 Gun
Unrated Gun-brig
ref:1122
1824/02/09Death of
Pierre Augustin PoupelFrench
Administrator
Service 1778-1824
1824/06/19Launched
La Bordelaise (8) 1824-1841
French 8 Gun
Unrated Gun-brig
ref:1122
1824/06/19Launched
La Champenoise (8) 1824-1834
French 8 Gun
Unrated Gun-brig
ref:1122
1829/08/27Launched
Le Suffren (90) 1829-1874
French 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1865 Renamed "Ajax"
FNIII
1830/05/23Launched
L'Ariane (32) 1830-1850
French 32 Gun
Unrated Corvette
ref:1122
1831Launched
Le Généreux (74) 1831-1865
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
E-WIKI
1831/10/22Launched
Le Jupiter (90) 1831-1863
French 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
E-WIKI
1832/06/28Launched
Le Laurier (10) 1832-1849
French 10 Gun
Unrated Brig (Aviso)
ref:1122
1833/05/21Launched
La Boussole (32) 1833-1848
French 32 Gun
Unrated Corvette
ref:1122
1833/09/14Death of
Sarah McCarthyAmerican
Other
1833/09/18Death of
William JohnsonAmerican
Naval Sailor
1835/09/10Death of
Claude GachotFrench
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Marine
Soldier
Service 1784-1825
1837/08/02Death of
Jean Jacques François LevasseurFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1767-1837
002
1839/05/14Launched
L'Alouette (4) 1839-1858
French 4 Gun
Unrated Gun-brig
ref:1122
1839/05/14Launched
La Vedette (4) 1839-1842
French 4 Gun
Unrated Gun-brig
ref:1122
1840/04/04Launched
Le Friedland (126) 1840-1879
French 126 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1865 Renamed "Colosse"
E-WIKI
1843/03/30Launched
L'Agile (10) 1843-1866
French 10 Gun
Unrated Brig (Aviso)
1888 Renamed "Agilité"
ref:1122
1843/04/04Launched
Le Rossignol (10) 1843-1859
French 10 Gun
Unrated Brig (Aviso)
ref:1122
1843/09/23Launched
La Chevrette (4) 1843-1846
French 4 Gun
Unrated Gun-brig
ref:1122
1844/09/14Launched
Le Faune (18) 1844-1847
French 18 Gun
Unrated Brig
1844 Renamed "Abeille"
ref:1122
1847/02/26Death of
Joseph Anne Marie Simon Pierre Daviel de La NezièreFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1803-1845
1848/09/14Launched
Le Henri IV (100) 1848-1854
French 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
FWAS1786
1852/09/15Launched
L'Austerlitz (90) 1852-1872
French 90 Gun
2nd Rate Screw Ship of the Line
E-WIKI
1853/06/01Death of
Benoit Alexandre CapelleFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1843
1853/12/02Launched
Le Beaumanoir (16) 1853-1883
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
ref:1122
1854/03/30Launched
Le Tilsitt (90) 1854-1856
French 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
E-WIKI
1871/03/02Death of
Victor LanzeracFrench
Marine
Service 1838-1865
1881/02/07Death of
Edmond QuernelFrench
Marine
Service 1849-1869
1886/05/06Death of
Michel Alexandre SalmonFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1840-1882
1891/06/08Death of
Alfred François Pierre Guérin-DuvivierFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1844-1885
1899/08/18Death of
Charles Henri MolleFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1832-1892
1905/02/26Death of
Abel SalmonFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1847-1881
1911/02/17Death of
Hippolyte QuernelFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1839-1879

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