Vengeance-class frigate

	Capture of Immortalité by HMS Fisgard (ex-Résistance).
Class overview
Name	Vengeance class
Builders	Paimbœuf
Operators	French Navy; Royal Navy;
In commission	1793–1814
Completed	2
General characteristics
Class and type	48-gun frigate
Tons burthen	800 tonnes
Length	48.7 m (159 ft 9 in)
Beam	12.7 m (41 ft 8 in)
Draught	6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	28 x 18-pounder long guns; 12 x 8-pounder long guns; Further armament on castles;

The Vengeance class was a type of large sailing frigates designed by Pierre Degay and built in Paimbœuf for the French Navy. Rated at 48 guns,^[1] the type was one of the French attempts at increasing the firepower of frigates by mounting a 24-pounder main battery,^[2] as was tried with Forfait's Template:Sclass-. The attempt was unsuccessful, and the ships mounted 18-pounder long guns on their main gun deck while in service.^[1]

Only two ships of the design were built, both being captured by the British and recommissioned in the Royal Navy.^[1]^[3]

Builder: Paimbœuf

Begun:June 1793

Launched: 8 November 1794

Completed: By April 1795

Fate: captured on 20 August 1800 by the Royal Navy. Sold in 1814.

Builder: Paimbœuf

Begun: April 1794

Launched: 28 November 1795

Completed: May 1796

Fate: captured on 9 March 1797 by the Royal Navy. Sold in 1814.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 379. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
^ Gardiner. Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars. p. 40.
^ Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 458. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.