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...seagoing British Empire. But to one commander in the shattered French fleet, there seemed at least a chance of honorable escape. Accompanied by three French ships of the line, Rear Admiral Dumanoir le Pelley sheeted home his sails and set off in his flagship, the 74-gun Duguay-Trouin, for the safety of a French Atlantic port. Badly scarred by gunfire from Nelson's own ship Victory, his Duguay was limping badly as she sailed southward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Cock of the Walk | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...battleship Lorraine; more recent cruisers Suffren, Tourville, Duquesne, Duguay-Trouin; destroyers Basque, Le Fortune, Forbin ; one submarine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: To War Again? | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

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