The Manche was a 40-gun Hortense Class frigate of the French Navy. She took part in operations at Île de France under Captain François-Désiré Breton. Under Captain Jean Dornal de Guy, Manche captured the 16 gun brig-sloop HMS Seaflower on 27 September 1808 near Bengkulu. On 26 April 1809, she departed Port-Napoléon in a squadron under Captain Hamelin, along with Créole and Vénus. The squadron managed to re-take Foulpointe in Madagascar, captured three prizes at the Action of 18 November 1809, and raided the British settlement at Tarapouly, in Sumatra.
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| - French frigate Manche (1803)
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| - The Manche was a 40-gun Hortense Class frigate of the French Navy. She took part in operations at Île de France under Captain François-Désiré Breton. Under Captain Jean Dornal de Guy, Manche captured the 16 gun brig-sloop HMS Seaflower on 27 September 1808 near Bengkulu. On 26 April 1809, she departed Port-Napoléon in a squadron under Captain Hamelin, along with Créole and Vénus. The squadron managed to re-take Foulpointe in Madagascar, captured three prizes at the Action of 18 November 1809, and raided the British settlement at Tarapouly, in Sumatra.
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| - The Hortense, sister-ship of Manche
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| - The Manche was a 40-gun Hortense Class frigate of the French Navy. She took part in operations at Île de France under Captain François-Désiré Breton. Under Captain Jean Dornal de Guy, Manche captured the 16 gun brig-sloop HMS Seaflower on 27 September 1808 near Bengkulu. On 26 April 1809, she departed Port-Napoléon in a squadron under Captain Hamelin, along with Créole and Vénus. The squadron managed to re-take Foulpointe in Madagascar, captured three prizes at the Action of 18 November 1809, and raided the British settlement at Tarapouly, in Sumatra. In 1810, she took part in the Battle of Grand Port, contributing to the capture of HMS Iphigenia and the fort held by the British on Ile de France.
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