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Concorde-class frigate

The Concorde class was a type of 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Henri Chevillard, carrying 12-pounder long guns as their main armament. Three ships of this type were built between 1778 and 1779, and served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Hermione in the Naval battle of Louisbourg, by Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy
Class overview
NameConcorde class
BuildersRochefort
Operators
Planned31
Completed4note 1
Preserved1
General characteristics
TypeFrigate
Displacement1,100 tonneaux
Tons burthen550 port tonneaux
Length44.2 m (145.0 ft)2
Beam11.2 m (36.7 ft)2
Draught4.8 m (15.7 ft)2
Sail planShip-rigged
Armament
ArmourTimber

The Concorde class was a type of 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Henri Chevillard,3 carrying 12-pounder long guns as their main armament. Three ships of this type were built between 1778 and 1779, and served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars.

The class is noteworthy for comprising a fourth unit, Hermione (2014), laid down in 1997 and launched in 2014; she is a replica ship of Hermione (1779), famous for ferrying General Lafayette and for her role in the Naval battle of Louisbourg under the command of Lieutenant de Latouche, who would rise to become Vice-admiral Latouche-Tréville.

Ships

Builder: Rochefort2
Begun: April 17772
Launched: 3 September 17772
Completed: January 17782
Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 15 February 1783.2 Sold on 21 February 1811.
Builder: Rochefort 4
Begun: September 1777 4
Launched: 28 February 1778 4
Completed: April 1778 4
Fate: Captured by HMS Centaur in the action of 18 June 1799
Builder: Rochefort5
Begun: March 17784
Launched: 28 April 17794
Completed: June 17794
Fate: Ran aground and wrecked due to a navigation error of her pilot at Croisic on 20 September 17934
Builder: Rochefort
Begun: 1997
Launched: 2014
Notes

Notes

  1. one is a replica built between 1997 and 2012
Citations

Citations

  1. Roche, p.496
  2. Roche, p.123
  3. Winfield. British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792. p. 213.
  4. Roche, p.131
  5. Roche, p.141
References

References

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-295-5.