From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Class of frigates of the French Navy
Class overview
Name Cocarde
Operators
Completed 3
General characteristics
Type frigate
Tons burthen 895 20 ⁄94 (
bm )
Length
144 ft 3 in (43.97 m) (overall);
119 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in (36.487 m) (keel)
Beam 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Depth of hold 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Crew 200
Armament
The Cocarde class was a class of three 40-gun/12-pounder
frigates of the
French Navy . They were designed by
Pierre Duhamel in 1793.
[1]
Builder: St Malo
Ordered: 16 May 1793
Laid down: August 1793
Launched: 29 April 1794
Completed: July 1794
Fate: Deleted 14 June 1803
Builder: St Malo
Ordered: 16 May 1793
Laid down: September 1793
Launched: 1 November 1794
Completed: April 1795
Fate: captured by British Navy 27 September 1801 at Alexandria, becoming
HMS Alexandria .
Builder: St Servan
Ordered:
Laid down: October 1793
Launched: November 1795
Completed: November 1796
Fate: run ashore near Leghorn to avoid capture 1 September 1801.
^ Winfield & Roberts, p. 130
Winfield, Rif and 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 .