Preneuse-class frigate explained

The Preneuse class was a type of two 44-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime.

• Preneuse

Builder: Rochefort Dockyard

Ordered: 24 April 1794

Begun: April 1794

Launched: 16 February 1795

Completed: July 1795

Fate: Ran aground 11 December 1799 on the Île de France (Mauritius) to avoid attack by British warships, which then burnt her.

• Africaine

Builder: Rochefort Dockyard

Ordered: 1795

Begun: March 1795

Launched: 3 January 1798

Completed: May 1798

Fate: Captured 19 February 1801 by HMS Phoebe east of Gibraltar. Recaptured 13 September 1810 by the French but immediately retaken bu HMS Boadicea. Taken to pieces in September 1816.

References

• Book: Demerliac, Alain. La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 A 1799. 2004. Éditions Ancre. 2-906381-24-1. fr.
• Book: Demerliac, Alain. La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 A 1815. 2004. Éditions Ancre. 2-903179-30-1. fr.
• Book: Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. 2008. 978-1-86176-246-7.
• Book: Winfield. Rif. Roberts. Stephen S.. 2015. French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. 978-1-84832-204-2.