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Class overview | |
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Name | Gloire class |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Uranie class |
Succeeded by | Consolante class |
Planned | 7 |
Completed | 7 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Frigate |
Tons burthen | 1148 bm |
Length | 46 metres (151 ft) |
Beam | 12 metres (39 ft) |
Draught | 7 metres (23 ft) |
Complement | 330 men |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
The Gloire-class frigate was a type of 18-pounder 40-gun frigate, designed by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait in 1802. They were built on the specifications of the Seine-class frigate Pensée (sometimes also called Junon class).[1]