French frigate Comète (1796)

Comète was a Romaine-class frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the Atlantic campaign of 1806 and in the Battle of San Domingo.

History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameComète
NamesakeComet
Laid downOctober 1794
Launched11 March 1796
In serviceJanuary 1798
FateBroken up in 1810
General characteristics
Class and typeRomaine-class frigate
Displacement700 tonnes (690 long tons)
Length45.5 m (149 ft 3 in)
Beam11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draught5 m (16 ft 5 in)
PropulsionSail
Armament
  • 40 guns:
  • 24 × 24-pounders
  • 16 × 8-pounders
ArmourTimber

Construction

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Comète was laid down at Le Havre, France, in October 1794 and launched on 11 March 1796. She entered service in January 1798.

Service history

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On 19 February 1806, Comète, the frigate Félicité, and the corvette Diligente captured and burned the American vessel Lark, Moore, master, which was sailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jamaica.[1][Note 1]

From June 1808, Comète served as a mast machine at Bayonne, France. She was broken up in 1810.

Notes

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  1. ^ The report in Lloyd's List refers to the "brig Diligente". The French navy had a brig Diligent, but she was not in the area.

Citations

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  1. ^ Lloyd's List, no. 4061,[1] – Retrieved 1 February 2014.

References

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  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671–1870 (in French). Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 121. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.