French frigate Valeureuse (1798)
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Name: | Valeureuse |
Fate: | Sold, 31 August 1806 |
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Class & type: | Valeureuse-class frigate |
Armament: | 40 guns |
Valeureuse was a 40-gun Valeureuse-class frigate of the French Navy.
She took part in the Atlantic campaign of 1806 in Willaumez's squadron. In August 1806, she was separated from the fleet by a storm, and took refuge on 31 in Delaware Bay, in such a bad state that she had to be sold.
References
- Dictionnaire de la flotte de guerre française, Jean-Michel Roche
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