French frigate Maréchal de Belleisle (1757)

Maréchal de Belleisle was a 46-gun fourth-rate frigate of the French Navy built in 1757. Captained by François Thurot she was captured in 1760.

History
France
Name: Maréchal de Belleisle
Namesake: Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle
Operator: Kingdom of France
Builder: St Malo
Launched: 1757
Fate: Captured in 1760
General characteristics
Type: Frigate
Tons burthen: 600
Propulsion: Sail
Complement: 150
Armament:
  • 46-gun:
  • 30 × 12-pounders,
  • 4 × 18-pounders,
  • 12 × 6-pounders.
Maréchal de Belle-Isle (far left) at the Battle of Bishops Court in 1760
Monument at Mount Aeolus, Bishopscourt Glen, Isle of Man in 1978, the guns were stolen in 1987, and have not been recovered

A memorial to the battle, called Mount Æolus, consisting of two cannons and the bowsprit of Maréchal de Belleisle, which washed ashore on the Manx coast near Bishopscourt, was built in the grounds of Bishopscourt, Isle of Man. The wooden bowsprit was later replaced by an inscribed stone pillar.[1]

References
  1. "Francois Thuroy (1727-1760) and his naval engagement off the Isle of Man", Manx Notes & Queries, ed. C. Roeder, 1904
  • "French fourth rate frigate 'Maréchal de Belleisle' (1757)". threedecks.org. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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