French ship Amphion (1749)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Amphion.

History
France
Name	Amphion
Namesake	"Amphion"
Ordered	19 January 1748[1]
Builder	Brest[1]
Laid down	1748[1]
Launched	28 July 1749[1]
Decommissioned	September 1787[1]
In service	1750[1]
Fate	Broken up 1787
General characteristics
Tons burthen	900 tonnes
Length	47.1 metres
Beam	13.0 metres
Draught	6.3 metres
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	50 to 54 guns
Armour	Timber

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.