Vengeance-class frigate
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Vengeance |
| Builders: | Paimbœuf |
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy |
| In commission: | 1793–1814[1] |
| Completed: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 48-gun Vengeance-class frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 800 tonnes[1] |
| Length: | 48.7 metres[1] |
| Beam: | 12.7 metres[1] |
| Draught: | 6.4 metres[1] |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament: | 28 18-pounder long guns 12 8-pounder long guns Further armament on castles[1] |
The Vengeance class was a type of large sailing frigates designed by Pierre Degay and built in Paimbœuf. 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 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.
- ↑ Gardiner. Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars. p. 40.
- ↑ 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.
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