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Droits de l'Homme (French for 'Rights of Man'; [dʁwa də l‿ɔm]) was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy during the French Revolutionary...

drive the French ship of the line Droits de l'Homme ashore in the action of 13 January 1797 with the loss of over 1,000 lives. In total, the French lost 12...

French as the Naufrage du Droits de l'Homme; "shipwreck [or sinking] of the Droits de l'Homme") was a minor naval battle fought between a French ship...

1803 Stern of a model of the Triomphant Battle between the French warship Droits de l'Homme and the British frigates Amazon (right) and Indefatigable (left)...

consultative des droits de l'Homme) reported in 2016 that only 8% of French people believe that some races are superior to others. French law legislates...

Bay in 1797, following an action on 13 January with the French ship-of-the-line, Droits de l'Homme. Amazon was a 36-gun, 18-pounder, Amazon-class frigate...

in 1797 when HMS Indefatigable and HMS Amazon defeated the French ship Droits de l'Homme in 1797. HMS Amazon (1799) was a 38-gun frigate launched in...

June 1795 and added to the RN as HMS Belleisle, BU 1814. Droits de l'Homme 74 (launched 29 May 1794 at Lorient) – driven ashore and wrecked by the British...

November 1794 Alexander was overrun by the Droits de l'Homme, but escaped when she damaged the Droits de l'Homme's rigging. Alexander was then caught by Marat...

of June (1 June 1794), also known as the Fourth Battle of Ushant, (known in France as the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 or Combat de Prairial) was the...

speech on the Army by the Marquis de Guichardin. A British marine held prisoner on the French ship Le Marat in 1794, wrote home in letters published in...

HMS Amazon, when the British sighted the French 74-gun ship of the line Droits de l'Homme. Normally, a ship of the line would over-match two frigates...

battery then became the vessel's main armament; for example, the Droits de l'Homme was effectively reduced to the firepower of a frigate when she fought...

January 1797 during which Humbert, onboard the Droits de l'Homme, narrowly escaped death. As the ship was sunk, hundreds of men perished, but Humbert...

during the French Revolutionary Wars, Britain's principal advantage over France was its naval superiority. The Royal Navy searched neutral ships trading...

Shore was a merchantman launched at Calcutta in 1794. In 1797, she commenced a voyage as a convict ship to Australia until a mutiny cut the voyage short...

victory over José de Córdoba y Ramos guaranteed a successful attack on that southern harbour. Events proved otherwise. Jervis' ships besieged Cádiz but...

was wrecked following an engagement with a French ship-of-the-line. The 74-gun French ship Droits de l'Homme, was returning from the failed expedition...

November 1794 (Known in French as the Combat du 16 Brumaire an III) was a naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars. Two British ships of the...

the Spanish fleet of 27 ships of the line lay at Cartagena on the Mediterranean Sea. The Spanish planned to join the French fleet at Brest and escort...