French ship Amphion (1749)

Ship of the line of the French Navy

Amphion was a 50-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

Amphion took part in the Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778 under Keredern de Trobriand.^[1] Seriously damaged, Amphion returned to Brest while the fight was still raging, carrying the first news of the battle.^[2] In consequence, Trobriand was replaced at the command of Amphion.^[3]

She took part in the Battle of Grenada on 6 July 1779,^[4][5] where her captain, Ferron du Quengo, was killed.^[6] The same month, she ran aground at Cap-Haïtien at Saint-Domingue.^[1]

Amphion took part in the action of 20 March 1780, along with Annibal, Diadème and Réfléchi.^[1][7]

Fate

Amphion was broken up in Rochefort in 1787.^[1]

Citations

1. Roche (2005), p. 40.
2. Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 134.
3. Troude (1867), p. 11.
4. Troude (1867), p. 39.
5. Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 629.
6. Troude (1867), p. 41.
7. Troude (1867), p. 68-69.

References

• Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-23-3.
• Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1905). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. OCLC 763372623.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 325–6. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé. OCLC 836362484.