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French frigate Revanche (1795)

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Poursuivante, sister ship of Revanche
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameRevanche
BuilderDieppe
Laid downMarch 1794
Launched31 August 1795
CompletedDecember 1795
FateDeleted 1818 or 1819
General characteristics
Class and typeRomaine-class frigate
Displacement700 tonnes
Length45.5 m (149 ft 3 in)
Beam11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draught5 m (16 ft 5 in)
PropulsionSail
Armament
  • 24 × 24-pounder guns
  • 16 × 8-pounder guns
ArmourTimber

The Revanche was a Romaine-class frigate of the French Navy.

On 2 August 1806 Revanche, capitaine de frégate Lambert, and Sirène, capitaine de frégate Le Duc, captured the Greenland whalers Holderness, Swan, master, and Blenheim, Welburn, master, both of and for Hull. The French burnt their captures.[1]

On 12 March 1811, Revanche and Prégel captured the British sloop HMS Challenger.

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References

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  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 381. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.