Coquille-class frigate

Class overview
NameCoquille
BuildersRochefort
Operators
Completed5
General characteristics
Typefrigate
Displacement1,180 tons (French)
Length44.7 m (147 ft)
Draught5.3 m (17 ft)
PropulsionSails
Armament

The Coquille class (or Patriote class) was a group of five 40-gun frigates designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran.[1]

Builder: Bayonne
Ordered: May 1793
Launched: October 1794
Fate: captured by the Royal Navy October 1798, burned by accident December 1798
Builder: Bayonne
Ordered: June 1794
Launched: 1795
Fate: damaged in action and hulked March 1808, broken up 1825
Builder: Bayonne
Ordered: August 1794
Launched: 17 October 1797
Fate: captured by the Royal Navy May 1803, sold for break up 1815
Builder: Bayonne (Constructeur: Jean Baudry)
Ordered: June 1794
Launched: December 1797
Fate: captured by the Royal Navy January 1801, sold for break up 1823
Builder: Rochefort
Ordered:
Launched: 13 August 1799
Fate: captured by the Royal Navy June 1814

Citations

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  1. ^ Winfield & Roberts, p. 131

Bibliography

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  • Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S. (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.