French frigate Revanche (1795)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Revanche.

Poursuivante, sister ship of Revanche
History
France
Name	Revanche
Builder	Dieppe
Laid down	March 1794
Launched	31 August 1795
Completed	December 1795
Fate	Deleted 1818 or 1819
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	24 × 24-pounder guns 16 × 8-pounder guns
Armour	Timber

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

On 2 August 1806 Revanche, capitaine de frégate Lambert, and Sirène, capitaine de frégate Le Duc, captured the Greenland whalers Holderness, Swan, master, and Blenheim, Welburn, master, both of and for Hull. The French burnt their captures. ^[1]

On 12 March 1811, Revanche and Prégel captured the British sloop HMS Challenger.

Citations

1. Lloyd's List №4093.

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 381. ISBN   978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC   165892922.