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List of ships captured in the 18th century

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List of ships captured in the 18th century
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Naval engagements were common throughout the 18th century, often resulting in the capture of enemy vessels. These ships were often renamed and subsequently incorporated into the capturing nation's navy. Merchant ships were also seized and repurposed for military service. The following ships were captured during the 18th century.

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Foudroyant and Pégase entering the Portsmouth Harbor, 1782, painted by Dominic Serres. The Royal Navy ship of the line HMS Foudroyant is seen here leading the French ship of the line Pegues, which the former had captured during the Third Battle of Ushant, into Portsmouth Harbour.
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1701–1710

1702

  • Assuré ( French Navy): Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Bourbon ( French Navy): Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 68-gun ship was captured by the Dutch States Navy.
  • Espérance d'Angleterre ( French Navy): Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Ferme ( French Navy): Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • HMS Martin ( Royal Navy): The 10-gun ketch was captured by the French Navy.
  • Modéré ( French Navy): Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 56-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Prompt ( French Navy): Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 76-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Sirène ( French Navy): Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy and Dutch States Navy.
  • Superbe ( French Navy): Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy and Dutch States Navy.
  • Triton ( French Navy): Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 44-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Volontaire ( French Navy): Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 44-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy and Dutch States Navy.

1703

  • Falcon ( French Navy): The 24-gun sixth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Hasardeux ( French Navy): The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Rotterdam ( Dutch States Navy): The 40-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
  • HMS Salisbury ( Royal Navy): The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 10 April by the French Navy's Adroit and three privateers.

1704

1705

1706

  • Dutch ship Hardenbroek ( Dutch States Navy): The 50-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.

1707

1708

1709

1710

  • Gasillard ( French Navy): The 56-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Heureux ( French Navy): The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • HMS Hunter (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy): The 24-gun sixth rate was captured by a French privateer.
  • Maure ( French Navy): The 54-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Superbe ( French Navy): The 56-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
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1711–1720

1711

  • Pembroke ( French Navy): The 60-gun fourth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Dutch ship Schonauwen ( Dutch States Navy): The 56-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
  • Tolouse ( French Navy): The 62-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.

1712

  • Griffon ( French Navy): The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • HMS Scarborough (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy) – Originally captured by the French in 1710, it was recaptured by the British on March 31, 1712, and renamed HMS Garland.

1713

  • Le Ferme ( French Navy): The 70-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.

1714

1715

1717

1718

1719

  • HMS Bernhardus ( Swedish Navy): Battle of Ösel Island, 24 May: The 10-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
  • HMS Karlskrona Vapen ( Swedish Navy): Battle of Ösel Island, 24 May: The 30-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
  • HMS Watchmeister ( Swedish Navy): Battle of Ösel Island, 24 May: The 52-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.

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  • Beau Parterre ( French Navy): The 56-gun ship was captured in 1713 or 1714 by the Royal Swedish Navy.
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1721–1730

1722

1725

1731–1740

1731

1739

  • Astrea ( Spanish Navy): The ship was captured on 3 March by the Royal Navy.[2]

1741–1750

1744

  • Poder ( Spain): The merchant ship was captured in February by the French Navy.

1745

  • Falcon (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy): The 14-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
  • Vigilant ( French Navy): The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.

1746

  • HMS Albany (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy): The 14-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
  • Auguste ( French Navy): The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Falcon ( French Navy): The 18-gun sloop was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • HMS Hinchinbrook (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy): The 10-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
  • Mars ( French Navy): The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Mercure ( French Navy): The 64-gun ship was captured in October by the Royal Navy.
  • HMS Severn (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy): The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.

1747

  • Diamant ( French Navy): First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Forgueux ( French Navy): Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Gloire ( French Navy): First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Invincible ( French Navy): First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Jason ( French Navy): First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Monarque ( French Navy): Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 74-gun third rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Neptune ( French Navy): Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Renommée ( French Navy): The 30-gun fifth rate was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Dover.
  • Rubis ( French Navy): First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Sérieux ( French Navy): First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Severn ( French Navy): Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Terrible ( French Navy): Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Trident ( French Navy): Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Glorioso ( Spanish Navy): The 70-gun ship was captured on 19 October by the Royal Navy, after the 4 battles of the Voyage of the Glorioso.

1748

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1751–1760

1755

1756

  • Arc-en-Ciel ( French Navy): The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • HMS Warwick (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy): The 60-gun fourth rate was captured in March by the French Navy.

1757

1758

1759

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1761–1770

1761

  • Achille ( French Navy): The 64-gun ship was captured in July by the Royal Navy.
  • Belleisle ( French Navy): The 64-gun ship was captured on 3 April by the Royal Navy.
  • Cheveret ( French Navy): The 18-gun sloop was captured on 30 January by the Royal Navy.
  • Courageux ( French Navy): The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Oriflamme ( French Navy): The 56-gun ship was captured on 1 April by the Royal Navy's HMS Isis.
  • Sainte Anne ( French Navy): The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
  • Vestale ( French Navy): The Blonde-class frigate was captured on 8 January by the Royal Navy.
  • Warwick ( French Navy): The 60-gun fourth rate was captured on 24 January by the Royal Navy.

1762

1770

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1771–1780

1775

  • HMS Hunter (Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy): The 10-gun sloop was captured by an American privateer.

1776

1777

1778

1779

1780

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1781–1790

1781

1782

1783

1788

  • HSwMS Kronprins Gustav Adolf ( Swedish Navy): The 62-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
  • HSwMS Prins Gustav ( Swedish Navy): Battle of Hogland, 17 July: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
  • Vladislav ( Imperial Russian Navy): Battle of Hogland, 17 July: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Swedish Navy.
  • A 64-gun ship ( Ottoman Navy) was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy and commissioned as Leontii Muchinek.

1789

1790

  • HSwMS Finland ( Swedish Navy): Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
  • Melik-i Bahri ( Ottoman Navy): Battle of Tendra, 8–9 September: The 78-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
  • HSwMS Prins Carl ( Swedish Navy): Battle of Reval, 13 May: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
  • HSwMS Ömheten ( Swedish Navy): Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 66-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
  • HSwMS Rättvisan ( Swedish Navy): Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 66-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
  • HSwMS Sofia Magdalena ( Swedish Navy): Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
  • HSwMS Uppland ( Swedish Navy): Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 54-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
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1791–1800

1793

1794

1795

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Pique and HMS Blanche.

1796

1797

1798

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Capture of Furie and Waakzaamheid
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HMS Jason capturing the Seine.

1799

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HMS Sybille and the French frigate Forte.

1800

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USS Boston capturing Berceau
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HMS Seine and Vengeance.
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See also

Notes

  1. Néréide was captured three different times: 1st capture by British on 20 December 1797; 2nd capture by French on 23 August 1810; 3rd capture by British 3 December 1810.

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