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French ship Aigle (1750)

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A 50-gun ship of a similar type to the Aigle.

The Aigle was a 50 gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Built at Rochefort by P. Morineau between 1748 and 1751, she was launched in 1750.[1]

The ship was wrecked and burnt in the Strait of Belle Isle in 1765.[2]

Citations

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  1. ^ Roche p.26
  2. ^ Winfield & Roberts p.153

References

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  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2017). French warships in the age of sail, 1626-1786: design, construction, careers and fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781473893511.