French frigate Cocarde (1794)
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The Cocarde ("Cockade") was a 40-gun Cocarde class frigate of the French Navy.
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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 |
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Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
Crew | 200 |
Armament | |
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.
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