French frigate Aigrette (1756)

History
France
NameAigrette
Ordered14 November 1759[1]
BuilderLe Havre, plans by Jean-Joseph Ginoux[1]
Laid downSeptember 1755[1]
LaunchedMarch 1756[1]
In serviceJuly 1756[1]
FateBroken up in Brest in 1789
General characteristics
Class and typeBlonde-class frigate[1]
Length40.3 metres
Beam10.3 metres
Depth of hold5.3 metres
Complement220
Armament

Aigrette was a Blonde-class 30-gun frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the Seven Year War and in the War of American Independence.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Roche (2005), p. 27.
  2. ^ Troude (1867), p. 49.