Originally a nine-hundred-ton ship named Le Duc du Duras, this ship was bought by Louis XIV at the request of the French minister of Marines. Holding forty-two guns, it led a small group of four ships into the English Channel to capture two trading ships. For 10 points—identify this vessel that was 
Originally a nine-hundred-ton ship named Le Duc du Duras, this ship was bought by Louis XIV at the request of the French minister of Marines. Holding forty-two guns, it led a small group of four ships into the English Channel to capture two trading ships. For 10 points—identify this vessel that was renamed in honor of the distinguished American ambassador to France, Benjamin Franklin, and engaged the Serapis under the command of John Paul Jones.
Originally a nine-hundred-ton ship named Le Duc du Duras, this ship was bought by Louis XIV at the request of the French minister of Marines.
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