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| Name | Preneuse |
| Namesake | "taker" |
| Ordered | 24 April 1794 |
| Builder | Rochefort, Charente-Maritime |
| Laid down | April 1794 |
| Launched | 16 February 1795 |
| In service | July 1795 |
| Fate | Destroyed on 11 December 1799 |
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| Class and type | Preneuse-class frigate |
| Displacement | 721 tonnes |
| Length | 47.8 m (156 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Complement | 300 |
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| Armour | Timber |
The Preneuse was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at Rochefort. She served as a commerce raider at Île de France.