Sémillante-class frigate
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.
 Naval encounter during the Quasi-War between Insurgente (right) and USS Constellation on 9 February 1799. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Sémillante |
| Operators: | |
| Preceded by: | Félicité class |
| Succeeded by: | Charente Inférieure class |
| Planned: | 2 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 32-gun, 12-pounder frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 600 tonnes |
| Length: | 45.47 metres (gundeck); 40.28 metres (keel) |
| Beam: | 11.53 metres |
| Draught: | 5.3 metres |
| Depth of hold: | 5.66 metres |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Ship |
| Armament: | |
References
- 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.
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