| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Affronteur class |
| Operators | |
| In commission | 1795–1807 |
| Planned | 2 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Retired | 2 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Type | Lugger |
| Complement | 87–120 |
| Armament | 16 × 6-pounder guns |
The Affronteur class consisted of two 16-gun luggers that Michel Colin-Olivier laid down at Dieppe in August 1794 and that he launched in 1795 for the French Navy. The two vessels took part in the Expédition d'Irlande in 1796–1797. The Royal Navy captured both vessels in 1803 in separate actions. The Royal Navy took Affronteur into service as HMS Caroline in 1804. She patrolled the Irish Sea until she was broken up in 1807. Vautour was not taken into British service.