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Bucentaure was an 86-gun ship of the line of the
French Navy, and the lead ship of her class. She was the
flagship of Vice-Admiral
Latouche Tréville, who...
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fleet in three,
isolating the rear half from Villeneuve's flag
aboard Bucentaure. The
allied vanguard sailed off
while it
attempted to turn around, giving...
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Bucentaure class was a
class of 80-gun
French ships of the line
built to a
design by Jacques-Noël Sané from 1802 onwards, of
which at
least 29 were...
- line just
astern of the
French flagship Bucentaure, and just
ahead of Redoutable.
Victory raked the
Bucentaure's less-protected stern,
killing 197 and wounding...
- the
French ship
Bucentaure which had
struck a reef off
Santa Catalina fort. The ship's boat was run out and
brought alongside Bucentaure,
whose crew requested...
- At the
Battle of Trafalgar,
Redoutable rushed to
cover the
flagship Bucentaure when the ship
following her
failed to
maintain the line. She
tried in...
- broadside,
raking Bucentaure and
blowing a huge hole in her side. The
maelstrom of
cannonballs and
grapeshot dismounted Bucentaure's guns and
killing or...
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though outnumbered, won the
Battle of Trafalgar, and Villeneuve's
flagship Bucentaure was
captured along with many
other French and
Spanish ships. The British...
- needed] Her
great size and
position immediately ahead of the
fleet flagship Bucentaure made her a
target for the
British fleet, and she came
under concentrated...
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Sandwich fires at the
French flagship Bucentaure (completely dismasted) in the
battle of Trafalgar.
Bucentaure also
fights HMS
Victory (behind her) and...
