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in 1794, but the British managed to raise her and recommissioned her in the Royal Navy as the 38-gun fifth rate HMS St Fiorenzo (also San Fiorenzo). She...

The siege of San Fiorenzo (or siege of Saint-Florent ) was a British military operation, supported by Corsican partisans early in the French Revolutionary...

in Northern Corsica; San Fiorenzo, Bastia and Calvi, which were in turn surrounded, besieged and bombarded until by August 1794 French forces had been...

She wrecked in the bay of San Fiorenzo in November 1795. HMS Fleche (1798) was the French privateer Caroline, which HMS Phoenix captured on 31 May 1798...

1794 she and Galathée captured the 16-gun sloop-of-war HMS Hound in the Atlantic. In late 1794, L'Hermitte's squadron sailed for Norway. It comprised...

of San Fiorenzo (San Fiurenzu) in the Gulf of St. Florent in Corsica. There the British found the French frigate Minerve on 19 February 1794, and were...

French privateer 1805, February 8 – HMS Curieux captures French privateer Dame Ernouf 1805, February 13 – HMS San Fiorenzo captures French frigate Psyche 1805...

the French Minerve, taken in 1794 and renamed San Fiorenzo – grounded at Mauritius and destroyed to prevent capture 1810 HMS Hydra 38-gun fifth rate 1797;...

raids along the coast and intercepted enemy shipping. By late February, San Fiorenzo had fallen and British troops, under Lieutenant-General David Dundas...

destroyed. In 1794, as the French repaired their ships, the British invaded and captured the island of Corsica, subsequently using San Fiorenzo Bay as an...

which had successfully driven the French out of the port of San Fiorenzo in February 1794. Hood then turned his attention to the nearby town of Bastia...

were able to refloat her. She was taken into service as the 38-gun HMS St Fiorenzo. Romulus shared in the prize money for both the frigate and for the...

Vengeance-class frigate of the French Navy. HMS St Fiorenzo captured her in 1797 and the Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Fisgard. She was sold in 1814. The...

1793. In February 1794 Gorgon was part of the fleet under Vice-Admiral Lord Samuel Hood at the taking of the Port of San Fiorenzo and Bastia, which eventually...

The British fleet had until recently been anchored for the winter in San Fiorenzo Bay off Northern Corsica, but Vice-Admiral William Hotham sailed for...

Lieutenant Charles Came replaced Boys. Fleche was wrecked in the bay of San Fiorenzo in November 1795, but without loss of life. As she was entering the port...

Hood had been replaced in late 1794 by his deputy Vice-Admiral William Hotham, who based his ships in San Fiorenzo Bay on the northern coast of Corsica...

October 1782 Fate: Captured by the British 18 February 1794, taken into service as HMS San Fiorenzo, broken up 1837 Junon Ordered: 30 October 1781 Begun:...

Toulon, but in February 1794 supplied a small expeditionary force which successfully defeated the French garrison of San Fiorenzo and then a larger force...

an insurrection in Corsica and took part in an unsuccessful attack on San Fiorenzo. When Toulon was evacuated, Courageux was in a state of disrepair and...