HMS Implacable

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'''Bold text'''''Italic text''HMS''Italic text'' Implacable'''Bold text''' was a 74-gun third rate that served as the flagship of Admiral Lord Barmouth in ''Italic text''The Hundred Days.''Italic text'' The ship appears again in the Aubrey-Maturin series on the second-to-last page of ''Italic text''Blue at the Mizzen,''Italic text'' in which Captain Jack Aubrey is ordered to "proceed to the River Plate, there joining the South Afican Squadron: you will go aboard ''Italic text''HMS Implacable''Italic text'', hoisting your flag, blue at the mizzen, and take command of the blue squadron."  However, when Aubrey makes his rendevous with the squadron at the River Plate in ''Italic text''21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey,''Italic text'' it is ''Italic text''HMS Suffolk''Italic text'' and not ''Italic text''Implacable''Italic text'' which serves as his flagship.
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'''HMS Implacable''' was a 74-gun third rate that served as the flagship of Admiral Lord Barmouth in ''The Hundred Days''. The ship appears again in the Aubrey-Maturin series on the second-to-last page of ''Blue at the Mizzen'', in which Captain Jack Aubrey is ordered to "proceed to the River Plate, there joining the South Afican Squadron: you will go aboard HMS Implacable, hoisting your flag, blue at the mizzen, and take command of the blue squadron."  However, when Aubrey makes his rendevous with the squadron at the River Plate in ''21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey'', it is ''HMS Suffolk'', and not ''Implacable,'' which serves as his flagship.
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The historical ''Italic text''Implacable''Italic text'' originally served in the French naval forces, launched by the French sometime between 1795 and 1800 as the ''Italic text''Duguay-Trouin.''Italic text''  She fought with French forces at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and was captured by Royal Navy forces a few days after the battle.  The vessel was taken into the Royal Navy and served in-and-out of commission in various capacities throughout the 19th century.   
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The historical ''Implacable'' originally served in the French naval forces, launched by the French sometime between 1795 and 1800 as the ''Duguay-Trouin''. She fought with French forces at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and was captured by Royal Navy forces a few days after the battle.  The vessel was taken into the Royal Navy, renamed ''Implacable,'' and served in-and-out of commission in various capacities throughout the 19th century.   
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Unwilling to fund continued maintenance and upkeep of the ship, the British government offered to return ''Italic text''Implacable''Italic text'' to the French government in the 1940's.  The French government, similarly unwilling to spend money on her, declined.  ''Italic text''Implacable''Italic text'' was towed out of Portsmouth on December 2, 1949 and scuttled by the explosion of charges placed in her hold.  She was one of the last surviving examples of the 74-gun third rate, the most popular variety of "ship-of-the-line."  ''Italic text''Implacable''Italic text'' was, at the time of her sinking, the second oldest vessel in the Royal Navy, behind ''Italic text''Victory.''Italic text''
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Unwilling to fund continued maintenance and upkeep of the ship, the British government offered to return ''Implacable'' to the French government in the 1940's.  The French government, similarly unwilling to spend money on her, declined.  ''Implacable'' was towed out of Portsmouth on December 2, 1949 and scuttled by the explosion of charges placed in her hold.  She was one of the last surviving examples of the 74-gun third rate, the most popular variety of "ship-of-the-line."  ''Implacable'' was, at the time of her sinking, the second oldest vessel in the Royal Navy, behind ''Victory.''

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HMS Implacable was a 74-gun third rate that served as the flagship of Admiral Lord Barmouth in The Hundred Days. The ship appears again in the Aubrey-Maturin series on the second-to-last page of Blue at the Mizzen, in which Captain Jack Aubrey is ordered to "proceed to the River Plate, there joining the South Afican Squadron: you will go aboard HMS Implacable, hoisting your flag, blue at the mizzen, and take command of the blue squadron." However, when Aubrey makes his rendevous with the squadron at the River Plate in 21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey, it is HMS Suffolk, and not Implacable, which serves as his flagship.

The historical Implacable originally served in the French naval forces, launched by the French sometime between 1795 and 1800 as the Duguay-Trouin. She fought with French forces at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and was captured by Royal Navy forces a few days after the battle. The vessel was taken into the Royal Navy, renamed Implacable, and served in-and-out of commission in various capacities throughout the 19th century.

Unwilling to fund continued maintenance and upkeep of the ship, the British government offered to return Implacable to the French government in the 1940's. The French government, similarly unwilling to spend money on her, declined. Implacable was towed out of Portsmouth on December 2, 1949 and scuttled by the explosion of charges placed in her hold. She was one of the last surviving examples of the 74-gun third rate, the most popular variety of "ship-of-the-line." Implacable was, at the time of her sinking, the second oldest vessel in the Royal Navy, behind Victory.

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