Cocarde class frigate
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The Cocarde class was a class of three 40-gun/12-pounder frigates of the French Navy
. They were designed by Pierre Duhamel in 1793.
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
. They were designed by Pierre Duhamel in 1793.
- Cocarde NationaleFrench frigate Cocarde (1794)The Cocarde was a 40-gun Cocarde class frigate of the French Navy.Ordered as Cocarde nationale, she was launched on 29 April 1794 in Saint Malo and commissioned in July under Lieutenant Allanic. Under Captain Quérangal, she took part in the Battle of Groix. She later took part in the Expédition...
- Builder: St Malo
- Ordered: 16 May 1793
- Laid down: August 1793
- Launched: 29 April 1794
- Completed: July 1794
- Fate: Deleted 14 June 1803
- RégénéréeFrench frigate Régénérée (1794)Régénérée was a 40-gun Cocarde class frigate of the French Navy. The British captured her in 1801 at the fall of Alexandria but never commissioned her...
- Builder: St Malo
- Ordered: 16 May 1793
- Laid down: September 1793
- Launched: 1 November 1794
- Completed: April 1795
- Fate: captured by British Navy 27 September 1801 at Alexandria, becoming HMS Alexandria.
- BravoureFrench frigate Bravoure (1795)The Bravoure was a 40-gun Cocarde class frigate of the French Navy.She was launched in November 1795 in Saint Servan. She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, and later served in Ganteaume's squadron. On 28 January 1801, she fought an indecisive battle against HMS Concorde...
- Builder: St Servan
- Ordered:
- Laid down: October 1793
- Launched: November 1795
- Completed: November 1796
- Fate: run ashore near Leghorn to avoid capture 1 September 1801.