French ship Nestor (1793)
- French ship Nestor (1793)
The "Nestor" was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
In the night of the 30th December 1794, "Nestor" was dismasted due to the poor quality of her masts, and had to return to Brest for repairs. On her journey back, the "Nestor" met a British frigate under a false flag. The British officers closed in, addressed their French counterparts in perfect French, and were told the position of the French fleet.
The "Nestor" took part in the failed attempt to land an army in Ireland in 1796 and managed to return to Brest by sailing through the English blockade by night.
She was burnt by the Royal Navy in 1809.
External links
* [http://echo.levillage.org/303/5927.cbb La guerre sur mer pendant la révolution et l'empire. Episode XV.]
* [http://echo.levillage.org/328/6278.cbb La guerre sur mer pendant la révolution et l'empire. Episode XXXIV.]
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