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The Enquirer
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
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Report from a London paper listing the current composition of the French navy, including ships of the line (120, 80, 74 guns) and numerous frigates with their gun counts.
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The following is given in one of our late London papers as a list of the French navy as it now stands, collected from various documents, and represented to be as correct as the fluctuating nature of such an establishment can be.
Of 120 guns--Invincible, Majestic, Ocean, Ville de Paris.
Of 80 guns--Foudroyant, Neptune.
Of 74 guns.--Ajax, Alcide, Algésiras, Alliance, Annibal, Aquilon, Argonaute, Atlas, Batave, Bellone, Borée, Brutus, César, Charlemagne, Commerce de Lyon, Conquérant, Constitution, Courageux, Cassard, Desaix, Eole, Gaulois, Souverain, Suffren, Superbe, Tourville, Ulysses, Upok, Vainqueur, Ville de Marseille, Gloire, Niobe, Indomptable, Impétueux, Jean Bart, Joséphine, Lion, Magnanime, Ménalippe, Patriote, Phaéton, Pluton, Régulus, Révolution.
Frigates.--Argus 28 guns, Armide 32, Artémise 36, Atalante 36, Brave 44, Circé 36, Comète 44, Corneille 44, Cybèle 44, Diligente 32, Dryade 40, Dept de Lande 24, Experiment 48, Félicité 48, Festin 24, Gloire 44, Guerrière 48, Hermione 40, Hortense 36, Incomparable 24, Incorruptible 36, Indienne 40, Indefatigable 44, Joséphine 44, Julienne 44, Junon 40, Minerve 32, Milan 40, Minerve 40, Naïade 40, Néréide 32, Piemontaise 44, Pourvoyante 44, Présidente 44, Revanche 48, Rhin 40, Semillante 36, Sibylle 40, Sirène 44, Thémis 36, Thétis 36, Topaze 40, Torche 32, Unique 40, Valenciennes 44, Valeureuse 44, Zéphyr 24.
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List of French navy ships as of the report: Ships of 120 guns: Invincible, Majestic, Ocean, Ville de Paris. Of 80 guns: Foudroyant, Neptune. Of 74 guns: Ajax, Alcide, Algésiras, Alliance, Annibal, Aquilon, Argonaute, Atlas, Batave, Bellone, Borée, Brutus, César, Charlemagne, Commerce de Lyon, Conquérant, Constitution, Courageux, Cassard, Desaix, Eole, Gaulois, Souverain, Suffren, Superbe, Tourville, Ulysses, Upok, Vainqueur, Ville de Marseille, Gloire, Niobe, Indomptable, Impétueux, Jean Bart, Joséphine, Lion, Magnanime, Ménalippe, Patriote, Phaéton, Pluton, Régulus, Révolution. Frigates: Argus 28 guns, Armide 32, Artémise 36, Atalante 36, Brave 44, Circé 36, Comète 44, Corneille 44, Cybèle 44, Diligente 32, Dryade 40, Dept de Lande 24, Experiment 48, Félicité 48, Festin 24, Gloire 44, Guerrière 48, Hermione 40, Hortense 36, Incomparable 24, Incorruptible 36, Indienne 40, Indefatigable 44, Joséphine 44, Julienne 44, Junon 40, Minerve 32, Milan 40, Minerve 40, Naïade 40, Néréide 32, Piemontaise 44, Pourvoyante 44, Présidente 44, Revanche 48, Rhin 40, Semillante 36, Sibylle 40, Sirène 44, Thémis 36, Thétis 36, Topaze 40, Torche 32, Unique 40, Valenciennes 44, Valeureuse 44, Zéphyr 24.