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Concorde class frigate

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Name
  
Concorde

Planned
  
3

Preserved
  
Hermione of 2012

Builders
  
Rochefort

Completed
  
4

Concorde class frigate

Operators
  
French Navy  Royal Navy

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.

The class is noteworthy for comprising a fourth unit, Hermione, laid down in 1997 and launched in 2012; she is a replica ship of the Hermione of 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

  • Concorde
    • Builder: Rochefort Begun: April 1777 Launched: 3 September 1777 Completed: January 1778 Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 15 February 1783. Sold on 21 February 1811.
  • Courageuse
    • Builder: Rochefort Begun: September 1777 Launched: 28 February 1778 Completed: April 1778 Fate: Captured by HMS Centaur in the Action of 18 June 1799
  • Hermione
    • Builder: Rochefort Begun: March 1778 Launched: 28 April 1779 Completed: June 1779 Fate: Ran aground and wrecked due to a navigation error of her pilot at Croisic on 20 September 1793
  • Hermione
    • Builder: Rochefort Begun: 1997 Launched: 2012

    References

    Concorde class frigate Wikipedia
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