Forte-class frigate

Forte class

Portrait of Égyptienne by Jean-Jacques Baugean
Class overview
Name:	Forte
Builders:	Lorient, Toulon
Operators:	French Navy  Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Résistance class
Succeeded by:	Romaine class
Completed:	2
General characteristics [1]
Type:	42-gun Forte class frigate
Tonnage:	1020 tonnes
Length:	52 m (171 ft)
Beam:	13 m (43 ft)
Draught:	6.2 m (20 ft)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	28 24-pounder long guns 10 8-pounder long guns 4 36-pounder caronnades[2]
Notes:	Ships in class include: Forte, Égyptienne.

The Forte class was a class of two frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1794 by François Caro. They carried 28 24-pounder long guns as their main battery, making them heavy frigates for their time.

• Forte

Builder: Lorient

Begun: 30 May 1794

Launched: 26 September 1794

Completed: November 1794

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 1 March 1799, became HMS Forte, wrecked in 1801.

• Égyptienne

Builder: Toulon

Begun: 26 September 1798

Launched: 17 July 1799

Completed: November 1799

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 2 September 1801, became HMS Egyptienne, sold for breaking up 30 April 1817

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  Plans of the hull of Forte

References

1. Roche, op. cit.
2. Troude, op. cit., p.173

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 208. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). "Combats particuliers 1799". Batailles navales de la France. Challamel ainé. pp. 171–174.