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Vengeance class frigate

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Name
  
Vengeance class

In commission
  
1793–1814

Class and type
  
48-gun frigate

Builders
  
Paimbœuf

Completed
  
2

Vengeance-class frigate

Operators
  
French Navy  Royal Navy

The Vengeance class was a type of large sailing frigates designed by Pierre Degay and built in Paimbœuf for the French Navy. Rated at 48 guns, the type was one of the French attempts at increasing the firepower of frigates by mounting a 24-pounder main battery, as was tried with Forfait's Romaine class. The attempt was unsuccessful, and the ships mounted 18-pounder long guns on their main gun deck while in service.

Only two ships of the design were built, both being captured by the British and recommissioned in the Royal Navy.

  • Vengeance
    • Builder: Paimbœuf Begun:June 1793 Launched: 8 November 1794 Completed: By April 1795 Fate: captured on 20 August 1800 by the Royal Navy. Sold in 1814.
  • Résistance
    • Builder: Paimbœuf Begun: April 1794 Launched: 28 November 1795 Completed: May 1796 Fate: captured on 9 March 1797 by the Royal Navy. Sold in 1814.

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