Félicité-class frigate
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Félicité |
| Operators: |  French Navy |
| Preceded by: | Vénus class |
| Succeeded by: | Sémillante class |
| Completed: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Félicité class frigate |
| Displacement: | 700 tonnes |
| Length: | 44.2 m (145 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.3 m (37 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.6 m (18 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | Timber |
The Félicité class was a type of 12-pounder 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait.
- Builder: Brest
- Ordered:
- Laid down:
- Launched: 4 August 1785
- Completed:
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1809, sold to Haiti and commissioned as the Améthyste, defected 1812 to Haitian rebels and renamed Heureuse Réunion, retaken by British & returned to Haiti.
- Builder: Brest
- Ordered:
- Laid down:
- Launched: 2 December 1785
- Completed:
- Fate: transferred to Spain 1793.
- Builder: Le Havre
- Ordered:
- Laid down:
- Launched: 22 July 1789
- Completed:
- Fate: condemned 1802, probably demolished 1813.
- Builder: Le Havre
- Ordered:
- Laid down:
- Launched: 28 September 1791
- Completed:
- Fate: burnt 1794 to avoid capture.
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