Coquille-class frigate

Class overview
Name	Coquille
Builders	Rochefort
Operators	French Navy   Royal Navy
Completed	5
General characteristics
Type	frigate
Displacement	1,180 tonneaux
Tons burthen	590 port tonneaux
Length	44.7 m (147 ft)
Draught	5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	UD: 28 × 12-pounder long guns SD: 12 × 8-pounder long guns

The Coquille class (or Patriote class) was a group of five 40-gun frigates designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran. ^[1]

• Coquille

Builder: Bayonne

Ordered: May 1793

Launched: October 1794

Fate: captured by the Royal Navy October 1798, burned by accident December 1798

• Sirène

Builder: Bayonne

Ordered: June 1794

Launched: 1795

Fate: damaged in action and hulked March 1808, broken up 1825

• Franchise

Builder: Bayonne

Ordered: August 1794

Launched: 17 October 1797

Fate: captured by the Royal Navy May 1803, sold for break up 1815

• Dédaigneuse

Builder: Bayonne (Constructeur: Jean Baudry)

Ordered: June 1794

Launched: December 1797

Fate: captured by the Royal Navy January 1801, sold for break up 1823

• Thémis

Builder: Rochefort

Ordered:

Launched: 13 August 1799

Fate: captured by the Royal Navy June 1814

Citations

1. Winfield & Roberts, p. 131

Bibliography

• Winfield, Rif and 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.