Cocarde-class frigate

Class overview

Name:	Cocarde
Operators:	French Navy Royal Navy
Completed:	3
General characteristics
Type:	frigate
Tons burthen:	895 ²⁰⁄₉₄(bm)
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

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.

Cocarde Nationale

Builder: St Malo

Ordered: 16 May 1793

Laid down: August 1793

Launched: 29 April 1794

Completed: July 1794

Fate: Deleted 14 June 1803

Régénérée

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.

Bravoure

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.

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