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Sémillante-class frigate

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Naval encounter during the Quasi-War between Insurgente (right) and USS Constellation on 9 February 1799
Class overview
NameSémillante
Operators
Preceded byFélicité class
Succeeded byCharente Inférieure class
Planned2
Completed2
General characteristics
TypeFrigate
Tons burthen600 tonnes
Length
  • 45.47 m (149 ft 2 in) (gundeck)
  • 40.28 m (132 ft 2 in) (keel)
Beam11.53 m (37 ft 10 in)
Draught5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Depth of hold5.66 m (18 ft 7 in)
PropulsionSails
Sail planShip
Armament
  • 32 guns
    • 26 × 12-pounder long guns
    • 6 × 6-pounder long guns

The Sémillante class was a type of 12-pounder, 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Pierre-Joseph Pénétreau.

Builder: Lorient
Ordered: 23 April 1790 (named)
Laid down: December 1790
Launched: 25 November 1791
Completed: May 1792
Fate: Given to Robert Surcouf at Mauritius in September 1808 and armed by him as a privateer, renamed Charles. Captured by the Royal Navy in December 1809 and broken up.
Builder: Lorient
Ordered: 3 September 1790
Laid down: 5 November 1791
Launched: 27 April 1793
Completed: June 1793
Fate: Captured by the US Navy off Nevis on 8 February 1799, recommissioned as USS Insurgent, but lost at sea in a hurricane in September 1800.

References

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