Sémillante-class frigate explained

The Sémillante class was a type of 12-pounder, 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Pierre-Joseph Pénétreau.

Builder: Lorient

Ordered: 23 April 1790 (named)

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: 3 September 1790

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 a hurricane in September 1800.

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