Félicité-class frigate

Class overview
Name: Félicité
Operators:  French Navy
Preceded by: Vénus class
Succeeded by: Sémillante class
Completed: 4
General characteristics
Class & type: Félicité class frigate
Displacement: 700 tonnes
Length: 44.2 m (145 ft)
Beam: 11.3 m (37 ft)
Draught: 5.6 m (18 ft)
Propulsion: Sail
Armament:
  • 32 guns:
  • 26 12-pounders
  • 12 8-pounders
  • 6 hotwizers
Armour: Timber

The Félicité class was a type of 12-pounder 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait.

Builder: Brest
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched: 4 August 1785
Completed:
Fate: captured by British Navy 1809, sold to Haiti and commissioned as the Améthyste, defected 1812 to Haitian rebels and renamed Heureuse Réunion, retaken by British & returned to Haiti.
Builder: Brest
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched: 2 December 1785
Completed:
Fate: transferred to Spain 1793.
Builder: Le Havre
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched: 22 July 1789
Completed:
Fate: condemned 1802, probably demolished 1813.
Builder: Le Havre
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched: 28 September 1791
Completed:
Fate: burnt 1794 to avoid capture.

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