HMS Artois: a fifth-rate Artois-class frigate British Royal Navy, designer: Sir John Henslow Launched:1794
Served in the English Channel under Captain Edmund Nagle in the squadrons of Admiral Edward Pellew and Admiral
John B Warren, most notably in the "Action of 21 October" 1794 where she captured the 44-gun frigate La Révolutionnaire singlehandedly.
Artois participated in other actions including the 1795 attempted invasion of France. She continued to serve
off the coast of France in blockades and patrolling,
taking many ships as prizes ,Lastly, on 31 July 1797 Artois, whilst attempting to reconnoitre La Rochelle harbour, she was wrecked on the sand banks and shoals
off Île de Ré ,with no lives lost
(Oh Horatio ! you've saved all your crew again !)
Served in the English Channel under Captain Edmund Nagle in the squadrons of Admiral Edward Pellew and Admiral
John B Warren, most notably in the "Action of 21 October" 1794 where she captured the 44-gun frigate La Révolutionnaire singlehandedly.
Artois participated in other actions including the 1795 attempted invasion of France. She continued to serve
off the coast of France in blockades and patrolling,
taking many ships as prizes ,Lastly, on 31 July 1797 Artois, whilst attempting to reconnoitre La Rochelle harbour, she was wrecked on the sand banks and shoals
off Île de Ré ,with no lives lost
(Oh Horatio ! you've saved all your crew again !)