Cocarde ("Cockade") was a 40-gun Cocarde-class frigate of the French Navy.
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Cocarde |
| Ordered | 16 May 1793 |
| Builder | Saint Malo |
| Laid down | August 1793 |
| Launched | 29 April 1794 |
| Completed | July 1794 |
| Fate | Broken up 1803 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cocarde-class frigate |
| Type | frigate |
| Tons burthen | 902 tons[1] Ship tonnage= |
| Length |
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| Beam | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
| Crew | 200 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
Ordered as Cocarde nationale, she was launched on 29 April 1794 in Saint Malo and commissioned in July under Lieutenant Allanic. Under Captain Quérangal, she took part in the Battle of Groix. She later took part in the Expédition d'Irlande. She was renamed Cocarde in June 1796.
During the Quasi War on 10 July 1799, under command of Citizen Croiset, she captured the American armed merchant ship Rufus 4 leagues (19 km) east southeast of Cadiz, Spain.[2]
In 1802, she served in the Caribbean. A series of beachings damaged her sails and hull to the point where she was condemned and broken up in 1803.
Citations
edit- ^ HMS Alexandria Archived 5 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Naval Database
- ^ "Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume 2 Part 4 of 4 Naval Operations April 1799 to July 1799 July Pg. 483-484" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
References
edit- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 118. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.