Sémillante-class frigate
 Naval encounter during the Quasi-War between Insurgente (right) and USS Constellation on 9 February 1799. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Sémillante |
| Operators: | |
| Preceded by: | Félicité class |
| Succeeded by: | Charente Inférieure class |
| Completed: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | 32-gun, 12-pounder frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 600 tonnes |
| Length: | 45.5 metres |
| Beam: | 11.5 metres |
| Draught: | 5.5 metres |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Ship |
| Armament: | |
The Sémillante class was a type of 12-pounder 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Pierre-Joseph Pénétreau.
- Builder: Lorient
- Ordered:
- Laid down: December 1790
- Launched: 25 November 1791
- Completed: May 1792
- Fate: Given to Robert Surcouf at Mauritius in September 1808 and armed by him as a privateer, renamed Charles. Captured by the Royal Navy in December 1809 and broken up.
- Builder: Lorient
- Ordered:
- Laid down: 5 November 1791
- Launched: 27 April 1793
- Completed: June 1793
- Fate: Captured by the US Navy off Nevis on 8 February 1799, recommissioned as USS Insurgent, but lost at sea in September 1800.
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