French frigate Infatigable (1800)
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Infatigable |
| Builder: | Le Havre |
| Laid down: | 19 July 1797 |
| Launched: | 6 April 1799 |
| Commissioned: | March 1800 |
| Captured: | 25 September 1806 |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | Immortalite |
| Acquired: | 25 September 1806 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1811 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Frigate |
| Armament: | 40 guns comprising: Upper deck: 28 × 18-livre Quarter deck and forecastle: 12 × 8-livre (in French service) Not re-armed in British service) |
Infatigable was a 40-gun Valeureuse class frigate of the French Navy, built at Le Havre in 1797-1800. She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805.
A four-ship squadron of the Royal Navy under Samuel Hood captured her in the Action of 25 September 1806, together with Gloire, Minerve and Armide after they had left Rochefort evening before. Infatigable was under the command of M. Giradiers, capitaine de vaisseau. French casualties were heavy as the French squadron was carrying troops.[1]
She was taken into Royal Navy service as HMS Immortalite but never used. She was broken up in 1811.
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15962. pp. 1306–1307. 30 September 1806.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours. (Group Retozel-Maury Millau).
- Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015 Forthcoming) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1862: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042