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]
 Capture of Immortalité by HMS Fisgard (ex-Résistance).
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| 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 |
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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.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 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. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 458. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.