Vengeance-class frigate explained

The Vengeance class was a type of large sailing frigates designed by Pierre Degay and built in Paimbœuf for the French Navy. Rated at 48 guns, the type was one of the French attempts at increasing the firepower of frigates by mounting a 24-pounder main battery,^[1] as was tried with Forfait's . The attempt was unsuccessful, and the ships mounted 18-pounder long guns on their main gun deck while in service.

Only two ships of the design were built, both being captured by the British and recommissioned in the Royal Navy.^[2]

Builder: Paimbœuf

Begun:June 1793

Launched: 8 November 1794

Completed: By April 1795

Fate: captured on 20 August 1800 by the Royal Navy. Sold in 1814.

Builder: Paimbœuf

Begun: April 1794

Launched: 28 November 1795

Completed: May 1796

Fate: captured on 9 March 1797 by the Royal Navy. Sold in 1814.

Notes and References

1. Book: Gardiner. Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars . 40.
2. Book: Roche, Jean-Michel. 2005. Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 978-2-9525917-0-6. 165892922. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. 1. 458.