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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Preneuse |
| Builders | Rochefort |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Virginie class |
| Succeeded by | Armide class |
| Completed | 2 |
| Lost | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | frigate |
| Displacement | 1400 tonnes |
| Tons burthen | 722 tonnes |
| Length | 47.75 metres |
| Beam | 11.85 metres |
| Draught | 5.8 metres |
| Depth of hold | 6.17 metres |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 340 in wartime; 260 in peacetime |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
| Notes | Ships in class include: Preneuse, Africaine |
The Preneuse class was a type of two 44-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime.
- Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
- Ordered: 24 April 1794
- Begun: April 1794
- Launched: 16 February 1795
- Completed: July 1795
- Fate: Ran aground 11 December 1799 on the Île de France (Mauritius) to avoid attack by British warships, which then burnt her.
- Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
- Ordered: 1795
- Begun: March 1795
- Launched: 3 January 1798
- Completed: May 1798
- Fate: Captured 19 February 1801 by HMS Phoebe east of Gibraltar. Recaptured 13 September 1810 by the French but immediately retaken bu HMS Boadicea. Taken to pieces in September 1816.