The Order of battle of the Croisière du Grand Hiver lists the French forces involved in the Campaign of the Great Winter 24 December 1794 – 3 February 1795, during the French Revolutionary Wars .
Order of Battle
First squadron, Villaret-Joyeuse
Division
Ship
Guns
Commander
Notes
First division
Tourville 74
Henry
Montagne 120
Captain VignotVillaret-Joyeuse
Marat 74
Captain Le Francq
Second division
Gasparin 74
L'Hermitte
Révolution 74
Lalande
Third division
Superbe 74
Colomb
Lost on 30 January, 21 men lost
Neuf Thermidor 80
Doré
Lost on 29 January
Alexandre 74
Guillemet
Second squadron, Bouvet
Division
Ship
Guns
Commander
Notes
Fourth division
Jemmappes 74
LafondRenaudin
Majestueux 110
Le Beau
Contre-amiral (rear-Admiral)
Aquilon 74
La Terre
Fifth division
Montagnard 74
Richery
Scipion 74
Huguet
Lost on 30 January
Trente-et-un-Mai 74
Ganteaume
Sixth division
Patriote 74
Le Tendre
Entreprenant 74
Dufay
Third squadron, Nielly
Division
Ship
Guns
Commander
Notes
Seventh division
Convention 74
Terrasson
Lost her rudder on 30 January, towed back to Lorient
Terrible 110
Captain Bedout Nielly
Pelletier 74
Raillard
Eighth division
Révolutionnaire 110
Le Gouardin
Returned in a battered state. Deemed irreparable and broken up.
Nestor 74
Monnier
Damaged, back to harbour on 31 December.
Ninth division
Trajan 74
Leroy
Indomptable 74
Le Mesle
Tyrannicide 74
Alain-Joseph Dordelin
Light squadron, Van Stabel
Division
Ship
Guns
Commander
Notes
First division
Éole 74
Trinquelléon
Jean Bart 74
Pittet
Audacieux 74
Philastre
Tigre 74
MatagneVan Stabel
Fougueux 74
La Brière
Second division
Zélé 74
Porlodec
Mucius 74
Larreguy
Téméraire 74
Morel
Damaged, back to Saint-Malo on 31 December. Deemed irreparable and broken up.
Droits de l'Homme 74
Cornic
Ships that failed to depart
Républicain 110
Longer
Wrecked on Mingant rock. 10 men lost.
Redoutable 74
Montcousu
Damaged while departing, had to cancel.
Neptune 74
Tiphaigne
Delayed by damage to her capstan, later ran aground off Perros Guirrec. 50 men lost.
Frigates and smaller ships
Vertu
Lieutenant Montagniès
Courageuse 44
Captain Dalbarade[ 1]
Méduse 26
Virginie 44
Jacques Bergeret
Surveillante 32
Insurgente
Railleuse 32
Précieuse
Fraternité 32
Embuscade 32
Tamise 32
Fradin
Charente 36
Républicaine 32
François Pitot
Berceau 22
Bayonnaise 24
Légère 22
Carpentier, fils.
Réolaise 20
Lieutenant Tanays
Espion
16
Bergère
16
Impatiente
Atalante 16
Papillon 12
Bonnet Rouge
Total casualties: 81 men
Source: Histoire des marins français 1789-1815, CA (2eS) Hubert Granier, p.94
Batailles navales de la France , Onésime-Joachim Troude , Challamel ainé, 1867, vol.2 , p. 404
Notes and references
Notes
References
^ Fonds Marine, vol.1, p.121
Bibliography
Granier, Hubert (1998). Histoire des Marins français 1789-1815 . illustrations by Alain Coz. Marines éditions. ISBN 2-909675-41-6 Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours . Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6 OCLC 165892922 . Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations; divisions et stations navales; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 482 (1790-1826) [1]