Cocarde-class frigate explained

The Cocarde class was a class of three 40-gun/12-pounder frigates of the French Navy. They were designed by Pierre Duhamel in 1793.[1]

Builder: St Malo

Ordered: 16 May 1793

Laid down: August 1793

Launched: 29 April 1794

Completed: July 1794

Fate: Deleted 14 June 1803

Builder: St Malo

Ordered: 16 May 1793

Laid down: September 1793

Launched: 1 November 1794

Completed: April 1795

Fate: captured by British Navy 27 September 1801 at Alexandria, becoming HMS Alexandria.

Builder: St Servan

Ordered:

Laid down: October 1793

Launched: November 1795

Completed: November 1796

Fate: run ashore near Leghorn to avoid capture 1 September 1801.

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Notes and References

  1. Winfield & Roberts, p. 130