French frigate Harmonie (1796)

History
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NameHarmonie
BuilderBordeaux [1][2]
Laid downMay 1794 [1]
Launchedearly 1796 [1]
CompletedMay 1796 [1]
FateBeached and burnt 16 April 1797
General characteristics
Class and typeVirginie-class frigate
Displacement1400 tons (French)
Length47.4 m (156 ft)
Beam11.9 m (39 ft)
Draught5.5 m (18 ft)
Armament44 guns
ArmourTimber

Harmonie was a 40-gun Virginie-class frigate of the French Navy. Her crew scuttled her on 17 March 1797 to avoid having the Royal Navy capture her. She on being burned was reported as pierced for 44 guns[3]

  1. ^ a b c d Roche 2005, p. 237
  2. ^ (Demerliac 2004, p. 69, no. 373)
  3. ^ "Extract of a letter from Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker". No. 14015. The London Gazette. 3 June 1797. p. 516.