Destruction of Preneuse, by Auguste Étienne François Mayer
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Preneuse |
Namesake | "taker" |
Ordered | 24 April 1794 |
Builder | Rochefort, Charente-Maritime |
Laid down | April 1794 |
Launched | 16 February 1795 |
In service | July 1795 |
Fate | Destroyed on 11 December 1799 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Preneuse-class frigate |
Displacement | 721 tonnes |
Length | 47.8 m (156 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
Complement | 300 |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
The Preneuse was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at Rochefort. She served as a commerce raider at Île de France.