| Seine-class frigate | |
|---|---|
 Hull of HMS Revolutionnaire | |
| Class overview | |
| Name: | Seine |
| Builders: | Le Havre (4); Cherbourg (1) |
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy |
| Preceded by: | Minerve class |
| Succeeded by: | Virginie class |
| Subclasses: | Valeureuse Class |
| Planned: | 6 |
| Completed: | 7 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | frigate |
| Displacement: | 700 tonnes |
| Length: | 146 ft 4 in |
| Beam: | 37ft 2 in |
| Depth of hold: | 18 ft |
| Armament: | 42 guns: |
| Armour: | Timber |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: Seine, Révolutionnaire, Spartiate (in 1795 renamed Pensée), Indienne, Valeureuse, Infatigable, Furieuse. |
The Seine class was a class of 42-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1793 by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait. The vessels were originally designed to carry a main armament of 24-pounder guns, but in the event all six were completed at Le Havre with 18-pounders. The designs of the last pair were modified by the constructor (Charles-Henri Le Tellier) and were somewhat longer than the first four. A further vessel, the Furieuse, was originally ordered at Cherbourg in February 1794 to Forfait's Romaine class design, but was actually completed to the design of the Seine class.
- Builder: Le Havre
- Begun: May 1793
- Launched: 19 December 1793
- Completed: March 1794
- Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 30 June 1798, becoming HMS Seine.
- Builder: Le Havre
- Begun: October 1793
- Launched: 28 May 1794
- Completed: July 1794
- Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 21 October 1794, becoming HMS Revolutionnaire.
- Spartiate
- Builder: Le Havre
- Begun: May 1794
- Launched: late November 1794
- Completed: December 1794
- Fate: Renamed La Pensée May 1795. Converted to a breakwater in November 1804, deleted 1832.
- Indienne
- Builder: Le Havre
- Begun: December 1794
- Launched: 2 September 1796
- Completed: October 1797
- Fate: Burnt to avoid capture by the Royal Navy in April 1809.
- Builder: Le Havre
- Begun: July 1797
- Launched: 29 July 1798
- Completed: March 1800
- Fate: Sold to United States in September 1806.
- Builder: Le Havre
- Begun: July 1797
- Launched: 6 April 1799
- Completed: March 1800
- Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 24 September 1806, becoming HMS Immortalité.
- Builder: Cherbourg
- Begun: March 1795
- Launched: 22 September 1796
- Completed: May 1798
- Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 6 July 1809, becoming HMS Furieuse.
References[]
- Alain Demerliac, Nomenclature des navires francais de 1792-1799.
- Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817, Seaforth Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
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