The ''Preneuse'' class was a type of two 44-gun
frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
s of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at
Rochefort, Charente-Maritime.
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''Preneuse''
:Builder:
Rochefort
Rochefort () may refer to:
Places France
* Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, in the Charente-Maritime department
** Arsenal de Rochefort, a former naval base and dockyard
* Rochefort, Savoie in the Savoie department
* Rochefort-du-Gard, in the Ga ...
Dockyard
:Ordered: 24 April 1794
:Begun: April 1794
:Launched: 16 February 1795
:Completed: July 1795
:Fate: Ran aground 11 December 1799 on the
Île de France (Mauritius)
Isle de France () was the name of the Indian Ocean island which is known as Mauritius and its dependent territories between 1715 and 1810, when the area was under the French East India Company and a part of the French colonial empire. Under th ...
to avoid attack by British warships, which then burnt her.
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''Africaine''
:Builder:
Rochefort
Rochefort () may refer to:
Places France
* Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, in the Charente-Maritime department
** Arsenal de Rochefort, a former naval base and dockyard
* Rochefort, Savoie in the Savoie department
* Rochefort-du-Gard, in the Ga ...
Dockyard
:Ordered: 1795
:Begun: March 1795
:Launched: 3 January 1798
:Completed: May 1798
:Fate: Captured 19 February 1801 by HMS ''Phoebe'' east of Gibraltar. Recaptured 13 September 1810 by the French but immediately retaken bu HMS ''Boadicea''. Taken to pieces in September 1816.
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* {{cite book, last1=Winfield, first1=Rif, last2=Roberts, first2=Stephen S., year=2015, title=French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates, publisher=Seaforth Publishing, isbn=978-1-84832-204-2
Frigate classes
Ship classes of the French Navy