Cocarde-class frigate

Class overview
Name	Cocarde
Operators	French Navy; Royal Navy;
Completed	3
General characteristics
Type	frigate
Tons burthen	895 20⁄94(bm)
Length	144 ft 3 in (43.97 m) (overall);; 119 ft 8+1⁄2 in (36.487 m) (keel);
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Crew	200
Armament	40 guns:; 28 × 12-pounder long guns; 12 × 6-pounder long guns;
Armour	Timber

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.

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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