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'''''Petite Sans Culotte''''' was a [[French Navy]] [[tartane]], or possibly [[brig]]-rigged [[aviso]], launched at Toulon in July 1793, and armed with two 6-pounder guns. The British captured her in August at the [[Siege of Toulon]]. She was commissioned in September into the British [[Royal Navy]] under the command of Lieutenant James Morgan, of {{HMS|Victory}}. Morgan had been a midshipman on ''Victory'' and on his promotion to 8th Lieutenant of ''Victory'', was immediately transferred to ''Petite Sans Culotte''. He brought with him as crew men from ''Victory''. Consequently, the British renamed her ''Petite Victoire''. ''Petite Victoire'' served against the batteries surrounding the city and performed useful services during the evacuation of Toulon on 18 December. She was lost off Cap Corse later in 1793.
'''''Petite Sans Culotte''''' was a [[French Navy]] [[tartane]] that the [[French Navy]] acquired at Toulon in July 1793, and armed with two 6-pounder guns.<ref name=NC295/> The British captured her in August at the [[Siege of Toulon]]. She was commissioned on 5 September into the British [[Royal Navy]] under the command of Lieutenant James Morgan, of {{HMS|Victory}}. Morgan had been a midshipman on ''Victory'' and on his promotion to 8th Lieutenant of ''Victory'', was immediately transferred to ''Petite Sans Culotte''. He brought with him as crew 10 men from ''Victory''. Consequently, the British renamed her ''Petite Victoire''.<ref name=NC295>''Naval Chronicle'', (1799) Vol. 2, pp.195-6.</ref>
''Petite Victoire'' served against the batteries surrounding the city and performed useful services during the evacuation of Toulon on 18 December.<ref>''United Service Magazine'' (February 1840), Part. 1, p.173.</ref> She apparently was not abandoned to be captured.<ref name=NC295/>

==Fate==
She was lost off Cap Corse.<ref name=NC295/> In a journal entry and two letters dated 16 March 1794, [[Lord Nelson]] mentions that ''Petite Victoire'' "having started a plank was obliged to run on shore, and is hauled up", and "Petite Victoire – hauled on shore at Erbalonga".<ref>Nelson & Nelson (1845), pp.371-2.</ref> Erbalunga is a fishing village on Cape Corse, the site of [[Tour d'Erbalunga]], and some five miles north of [[Bastia]]. Nelson also reports that his carpenter had looked at ''Petite Victoire''; the carpenter reported that she was so damaged as not to be worth repairing. Nelson remarks that the officer commanding her was not at fault as the gale that resulted in his grounding her was strong.<ref>Nelson & Nelson (1845), p.374.</ref> At the time Nelson, in {{HMS|Agamemnon|1781|2}}, was off Erbalunga, planning an attack on Bastia.

==Confusion as to origins and naming==
''Petite Sans Cullote'' was amongst the most minor of vessels, acquired and lost during a turbulent period; it is no surprise that her history is obscure. One source suggests that ''Petite Victoire'' was the former ''Brave Sans Cullote''.{{sfnp|Winfield |Roberts |2015|p=296}} However, Demerliac lists ''Petite Victoire'' as a separate ship, a 2-gun brig in service in Toulon in July 1793, origin and measurements unknown, that the British captured and that was lost off Cape Corse).{{sfnp|Demerliac |1999| p=160|loc=n°1133}}

==Citations==
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==References==
==Citations and references==
* {{cite book|title=La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 A 1799|last=Demerliac|first=Alain|year=1999|publisher=Éditions Ancre|isbn=2-906381-24-1|language=French}}
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*Nelson, Horatio Nelson (Viscount), Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1845) ''The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson: 1777 to 1794''. (H. Colburn).
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* {{cite book|last1=Winfield |first1=Rif|last2=Roberts |first2=Stephen S. |year=2015 |title=French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |isbn=978-1-84832-204-2}}
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*''United Service Magazine'' (February 1840), Part. 1, p.173.
*Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015 Forthcoming) ''French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1862: Design Construction, Careers and Fates''. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042


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Petite Sans Culotte
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NamePetite Sans Culotte
AcquiredJuly 1793
CapturedAugust 1793
Great Britain
NamePetite Victoire
Acquiredby capture August 1793
FateLost 16 March 1794
General characteristics
Armament2 × 6-pounder guns

Petite Sans Culotte was a French Navy tartane that the French Navy acquired at Toulon in July 1793, and armed with two 6-pounder guns.[1] The British captured her in August at the Siege of Toulon. She was commissioned on 5 September into the British Royal Navy under the command of Lieutenant James Morgan, of HMS Victory. Morgan had been a midshipman on Victory and on his promotion to 8th Lieutenant of Victory, was immediately transferred to Petite Sans Culotte. He brought with him as crew 10 men from Victory. Consequently, the British renamed her Petite Victoire.[1]

Petite Victoire served against the batteries surrounding the city and performed useful services during the evacuation of Toulon on 18 December.[2] She apparently was not abandoned to be captured.[1]

Fate

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She was lost off Cap Corse.[1] In a journal entry and two letters dated 16 March 1794, Lord Nelson mentions that Petite Victoire "having started a plank was obliged to run on shore, and is hauled up", and "Petite Victoire – hauled on shore at Erbalonga".[3] Erbalunga is a fishing village on Cape Corse, the site of Tour d'Erbalunga, and some five miles north of Bastia. Nelson also reports that his carpenter had looked at Petite Victoire; the carpenter reported that she was so damaged as not to be worth repairing. Nelson remarks that the officer commanding her was not at fault as the gale that resulted in his grounding her was strong.[4] At the time Nelson, in Agamemnon, was off Erbalunga, planning an attack on Bastia.

Confusion as to origins and naming

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Petite Sans Cullote was amongst the most minor of vessels, acquired and lost during a turbulent period; it is no surprise that her history is obscure. One source suggests that Petite Victoire was the former Brave Sans Cullote.[5] However, Demerliac lists Petite Victoire as a separate ship, a 2-gun brig in service in Toulon in July 1793, origin and measurements unknown, that the British captured and that was lost off Cape Corse).[6]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d Naval Chronicle, (1799) Vol. 2, pp.195-6.
  2. ^ United Service Magazine (February 1840), Part. 1, p.173.
  3. ^ Nelson & Nelson (1845), pp.371-2.
  4. ^ Nelson & Nelson (1845), p.374.
  5. ^ Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 296.
  6. ^ Demerliac (1999), p. 160, n°1133.

References

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  • Demerliac, Alain (1999). La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 A 1799 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-24-1.
  • Nelson, Horatio Nelson (Viscount), Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1845) The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson: 1777 to 1794. (H. Colburn).
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.