French frigate Impatiente (1795)

Poursuivante, sister-ship of Impatiente
History
France
Name	Impatiente
Builder	Lorient
Laid down	May 1794
Launched	12 March 1795
In service	May 1795
Fate	Wrecked 29 December 1796 off Cape Clear Island
General characteristics
Class & type	Romaine-class frigate
Displacement	700 tonnes
Length	45.5 m (149 ft 3 in)
Beam	11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draught	5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	40 guns: 24 × 24-pounders 16 × 8-pounders
Armour	Timber

Impatiente was a Romaine-class frigate of the French Navy.

She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, where she was wrecked on 29 December 1796. Only 7 survived, and 420 were lost.

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 251. ISBN   978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC   165892922.