Vengeance-class frigate

Capture of Immortalité by HMS Fisgard (ex-Résistance).
Class overview
Name: Vengeance class
Builders: Paimbœuf
Operators:
In commission: 1793–1814[1]
Completed: 2
General characteristics
Class and type: 48-gun frigate
Tons burthen: 800 tonnes[1]
Length: 48.7 m (159 ft 9 in)[1]
Beam: 12.7 m (41 ft 8 in)[1]
Draught: 6.4 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.

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. 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. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 458. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vengeance class frigate.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 1/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.