HMS Ulysses (1779) explained
HMS Ulysses was a 48-gun
fifth-rate frigate of the
Royal Navy during the
American Revolutionary War and the
Napoleonic Wars. Commissioned in 1779, her principal active service was in the
Caribbean, interspersed with periods as a
troopship and
storeship. She was decommissioned and sold at
Sheerness Dockyard in 1815.
[1] Career
On 2 June 1781, Ulysses encountered the 32-gun Fée, under Captain de Boubée. The ships broke contact after a brief battle.
On 5 June, Ulysses chased the 32-gun Surveillante, under Jean-Marie de Villeneuve Cillart, off Saint-Domingue. Around 2130, Ulysses caught up with Surveillante, and a 2-hour and a half-battle ensued, after which the frigates broke contact.
References
. Onésime-Joachim Troude. 1867. Challamel ainé. Batailles navales de la France. French. 2.
- Book: Winfield, Rif. British Warships of the Age of Sail 17141792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates . Seaforth. Barnsley, United Kingdom. 2007. 9781844157006.
Notes and References
- Winfield 2007, pp. 176178
