French frigate Immortalité (1795)
 Capture of Immortalité by HMS Fisgard | |
| History | |
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 France
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| Builder: | Brest, France |
| Laid down: | May 1794 |
| Launched: | 7 January 1795 |
| In service: | February 1795 |
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Immortalite |
| Acquired: | 20 October 1798 |
| Fate: | Broken up in July 1806 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Romaine class frigate |
| Displacement: | 700 tonnes |
| Length: | 45.5 m (149 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.8 m (39 ft) |
| Draught: | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
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| Armour: | Timber |
The Immortalité was a Romaine class frigate of the French Navy.
She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, and was captured shortly after the Battle of Tory Island by HMS Fisgard. She was recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Immortalite and had an active career on the Home Station before being broken up in July 1806.
External links
References
- The Naval History of Great Britain, 1793 - 1820, Volumes II and III, William James, R. Bentley, London, 1837.
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