French frigate Résistance (1796)
 Capture of Immortalité by HMS Fisgard (ex-Résistance). | |
| History | |
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 France
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| Name: | Résistance |
| Builder: | Paimbœuf |
| Laid down: | April 1794[1] |
| Launched: | 28 November 1795[1] |
| In service: | May 1796[1] |
| Captured: | 9 March 1797, by the Royal Navy[1] |
 UK
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| Name: | HMS Fisgard[1] |
| Acquired: | 9 March 1797[1] |
| Fate: | Sold in August 1814[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 48-gun Vengeance-class frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 1,183 (bm) |
| Length: | 48.7 m (159 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 12.7 m (41 ft 8 in) |
| Draught: | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament: |
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Résistance was a Vengeance-class frigate of the French Navy. She was captured by HMS St Fiorenzo in 1797 and taken into British service as HMS Fisgard. She was sold in 1814.
French career
The ship ordered on 8 March 1793 as Fidélité, was renamed Résistance while still on keel. In 1797 she served as a troop ship, ferrying the Légion Noire to Cardigan Bay during the Battle of Fishguard. On 9 March 1797, HMS St Fiorenzo and Nymphe, captured her, along with Constance.
British career
The Royal Navy took Résistance into service as the first HMS Fisgard, naming her after the town of Fishguard because of her role in the battle. On 20 October 1798, she captured Immortalité.
Fate
The Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Royal Navy offered "Fisgard, of 38 guns and 1182 tons", lying at Portsmouth, for sale on 11 August 1814. The buyer had to post a bond of £3,000, with two guarantors, that they would break up the vessel within a year of purchase.[2]