French ship Amphion (1749)

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

Amphion was a 50-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

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

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.