HMS Victoire

Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named Victoire (French:Victory):

  • HMS Victoire (1795), was a lugger purchased in 1795 and listed until 1800.[1]
  • HMS Victoire (1797) (or HMS Victor) was the French privateer schooner Victoire that the Royal Navy captured in 1797 and took into service as a fireship. The Navy sold her at the end of 1801.
  • A tender named Victoire was part of a naval squadron at the Siege of Genoa (1800). The squadron also included HMS Minotaur, Phoenix, Mondovi, and Entreprenante, all under the command of Vice-Admiral Lord Keith.[2] Victoire may have been the privateer of two guns and 28 men that HMS Mutine had captured near Genoa on 29 March 1800.[3]

Citations
  1. Colledge & Warlow (2006), p. 975.
  2. "No. 15262". The London Gazette. 1 June 1800. p. 561.
  3. "No. 15278". The London Gazette. 22 July 1800. pp. 842–843.

References
  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969], Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Revised ed.), London: Chatham, ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8, OCLC 67375475
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