Preneuse-class frigate
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Preneuse |
| Builders | Rochefort |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Virginie class |
| Succeeded by | Armide class |
| Completed | 2 |
| Lost | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | frigate |
| Displacement | 1400 tonnes |
| Tons burthen | 722 tonnes |
| Length | 47.75 metres |
| Beam | 11.85 metres |
| Draught | 5.8 metres |
| Depth of hold | 6.17 metres |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 340 in wartime; 260 in peacetime |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
| Notes | Ships in class include: Preneuse, Africaine |
The Preneuse class was a type of two 44-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime.
- Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
- Ordered: 24 April 1794
- Begun: April 1794
- Launched: 16 February 1795
- Completed: July 1795
- Fate: Ran aground 11 December 1799 on the Île de France (Mauritius) to avoid attack by British warships, which then burnt her.
- Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
- Ordered: 1795
- Begun: March 1795
- Launched: 3 January 1798
- Completed: May 1798
- Fate: Captured 19 February 1801 by HMS Phoebe east of Gibraltar. Recaptured 13 September 1810 by the French but immediately retaken bu HMS Boadicea. Taken to pieces in September 1816.
References
[edit]- Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 A 1799 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-24-1.
- Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 A 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.