French frigate Courageuse (1778)

History
France
Name	Courageuse
Builder	Rochefort[1]
Laid down	September 1777[1]
Launched	28 February 1778[1]
In service	April 1778[1]
Fate	Captured June 1799
Great Britain
Name	HMS Courageuse
Acquired	By capture June 1799
Fate	Last listed 1803
General characteristics [1][2][3]
Class and type	Concorde class 12-pounder frigate
Displacement	1,100 tons (French)
Tons burthen	932 (bm)
Length	145 ft 0 in (44.20 m) (overall); 121 ft 8 in (37.08 m) (keel)
Beam	39 ft 0 in (11.89 m)
Draught	4.38 m (14.4 ft) (unladen)
Depth of hold	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Complement	255
Armament	Upperdeck:26 × 12-pounder long guns QD: 6 × 6-pounder guns

Courageuse was a 12-pounder Concorde class frigate of the French Navy. She was launched in 1778. The British captured her in 1799 and thereafter used her as a receiving ship or prison hulk at Malta before breaking her up in 1802.