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Originally the French ship ''Annibal'', launched in 1778, she was renamed ''Achille'' in 1786 and was one of six ships captured at the battle of the Glorious First Of June in 1794. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy, keeping the French spelling of the name. But she was in a poor state and was broken up at Plymouth in 1796, just two years after her capture. Some accounts say she fought at the Battle Of Trafalgar , but these writers have mistaken her for her namesake HMS ''Achille'' (1798) , a new ship built at Gravesend . See HMS ''Achille'' for other ships of the same name. |
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