&sq=&lang=&file=File:Battle_of_the_Nile_1798.jpg) Justice at the Battle of the Nile, 1798
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| History | |
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| Name | Courageuse |
| Builder | Jacques-Nöel Sané, Brest[1] |
| Laid down | December 1793 |
| Launched | August 1794 |
| In service | December 1794 |
| Out of service | 27 September 1801 |
| Renamed | Justice |
| Captured | 27 September 1801 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Ottoman Navy after capture |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Virginie-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1400 tonnes |
| Length | 47.4 m (156 ft) |
| Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
| Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Armament | 40 guns (though pierced for 44 guns) 28x18 pounder cannon and 12x12 pounder cannon |
| Armour | Timber |
Courageuse was a 40-gun Virginie-class frigate of the French Navy, completed in 1794 and renamed Justice in April 1795. The British and Ottomans captured her in 1801 at the siege of Alexandria and she became a prize to the Ottomans.
- ^ Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 149.