French sloop 'Le Tarleton' (1782)

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Le Tarleton
Nominal Guns	14	TRN4
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Previously	British sloop 'Tarleton' (1782) (14) 1782-1782 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop
Acquired	1782	TRN4
Shipyard	Unknown	B028
Category	Unrated	TRN4
Ship Type	Sloop	TRN4
Sailing Rig	Brig	TRN4
Captured	29.8.1793	TRN4
Becomes	British sloop 'Tarleton' (1793) (14) 1793-1797 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
5.1784 - 1788Lieutenant de Vaisseauref:631

Service History

DateEventSource
1785

From 1785 to 1786 , undertakes to carry out the complete hydrographic survey of the Dardanelles , the sea of Marmara and the mouths of the Nile .

ref:673
29.8.1793Captured at ToulonTRN4

Notes on Ship

Service from 1784-1788
"The brig was assigned to the French ambassador Choiseul-Gouffier in Constantinople; it first took the ambassador and his suite to Constantinople, then travelled round the Bosphorus, Marmara, and the whole of middle East the following years: Truguet used it to set precise maps of the costs of the Ottoman Empire and to take Choiseul-Gouffier in his exploration of what was considered as the Troy region."
Service in 1792
"Was part of the various campaigns made by the squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Truguet: Seizure of Villafranca and Nice, bombardment of Oneglia, failed attempt against Cagliari"

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

TRN4William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

ref:631 Web Site

ref:673 Web Site

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