Vengeance-class frigate

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Class overview
NameVengeance class
Builders Paimbœuf
Operators
In commission1793–1814 [1]
Completed2
General characteristics
Class and type48-gun frigate
Tons burthen800 tonnes [1]
Length48.7 m (159 ft 9 in) [1]
Beam12.7 m (41 ft 8 in) [1]
Draught6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) [1]
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament

The Vengeance class was a type of large sailing frigates designed by Pierre Degay and built in Paimbœuf for the French Navy. Rated at 48 guns, [1] the type was one of the French attempts at increasing the firepower of frigates by mounting a 24-pounder main battery, [2] as was tried with Forfait's Romaine class. The attempt was unsuccessful, and the ships mounted 18-pounder long guns on their main gun deck while in service. [1]

Only two ships of the design were built, both being captured by the British and recommissioned in the Royal Navy. [1] [3]

Builder: Paimbœuf
Begun:June 1793
Launched: 8 November 1794
Completed: By April 1795
Fate: captured on 20 August 1800 by the Royal Navy. Sold in 1814.
Builder: Paimbœuf
Begun: April 1794
Launched: 28 November 1795
Completed: May 1796
Fate: captured on 9 March 1797 by the Royal Navy. Sold in 1814.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 379. ISBN   978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC   165892922.
  2. ↑ Gardiner. Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars. p. 40.
  3. ↑ Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 458. ISBN   978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC   165892922.
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