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The Preneuse class was a type of two 44-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime.
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Preneuse |
| Builders | Rochefort |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Virginie class |
| Succeeded by | Armide class |
| Completed | 2 |
| Lost | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | frigate |
| Displacement | 1400 tonnes |
| Tons burthen | 722 tonnes |
| Length | 47.75 metres |
| Beam | 11.85 metres |
| Draught | 5.8 metres |
| Depth of hold | 6.17 metres |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 340 in wartime; 260 in peacetime |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
| Notes | Ships in class include: Preneuse, Africaine |
- Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
- Ordered: 24 April 1794
- Begun: April 1794
- Launched: 16 February 1795
- Completed: July 1795
- Fate: Ran aground 11 December 1799 on the Île de France (Mauritius) to avoid attack by British warships, which then burnt her.
- Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
- Ordered: 1795
- Begun: March 1795
- Launched: 3 January 1798
- Completed: May 1798
- Fate: Captured 19 February 1801 by HMS Phoebe east of Gibraltar. Recaptured 13 September 1810 by the French but immediately retaken bu HMS Boadicea. Taken to pieces in September 1816.
References edit
- Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 A 1799 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-24-1.
- Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 A 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
- Winfield, Rif; 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.