Forte-class frigate explained

The Forte class was a class of two large frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1794 by François Caro.

Description

They carried 30 24-pounder long guns as their main battery and 20 × 8-pdrs on the quarterdeck and forecastle; they were exceptionally large and powerful heavy frigates for their time.

• Forte

Builder: Lorient

Begun: 30 May 1794

Launched: 26 September 1794

Completed: November 1794

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 1 March 1799, became HMS Forte, wrecked in January 1801 in the Red Sea.

• Égyptienne

Builder: Toulon

Begun: 26 September 1798

Launched: 17 July 1799

Completed: November 1799

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 2 September 1801, became HMS Egyptienne, sold for breaking up 30 April 1817

References

• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel . 2005 . Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870 . 978-2-9525917-0-6 . 165892922 . 208.
• Book: Troude, Onésime-Joachim. Onésime-Joachim Troude . 1867 . Challamel ainé. Combats particuliers 1799 . https://books.google.com/books?id=rhIR5D5quFYC . Batailles navales de la France . 171–174.
• Rif Winfield and Stephen S. Roberts, French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786-1861 Seaforth Publishing, 2015, .