French frigate Cocarde (1794)

The Cocarde ("Cockade") was a 40-gun Cocarde class frigate of the French Navy.

History
France
Name	Cocarde
Ordered	16 May 1793
Builder	Saint Malo
Laid down	August 1793
Launched	29 April 1794
Completed	July 1794
Fate	Broken up 1803
General characteristics
Class and type	Cocarde class frigate
Type	frigate
Tons burthen	902 tons [1] Ship tonnage=
Length	144 ft 3 in (43.97 m) (overall); 119 ft 8+1⁄2 in (36.487 m) (keel)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Crew	200
Armament	40 guns: 28 × 12-pounder long guns 12 × 6-pounder long guns
Armour	Timber

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 d'Irlande. She was renamed Cocarde in June 1796.

Quasi War:On 10 July, 1799, under command of "Citizen" Croiset, she captured American armed merchant ship "Rufus" 4 leagues east south east of Cadiz, Spain.^[2]

In 1802, she served in the Caribbean. A series of beachings damaged her sails and hull to the point where she was condemned and broken up in 1803.

Citations

1. HMS Alexandria Archived 5 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Naval Database
2. "Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume 2 Part 4 of 4 Naval Operations April 1799 to July 1799 July Pg. 483-484" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 118. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.