Sémillante-class frigate

Naval encounter during the Quasi-War between Insurgente (right) and USS Constellation on 9 February 1799.
Class overview
Name:	Sémillante
Operators:	French Navy United States Navy
Preceded by:	Félicité class
Succeeded by:	Charente Inférieure class
Completed:	2
General characteristics
Class & type:	32-gun, 12-pounder frigate
Tons burthen:	600 tonnes
Length:	45.5 metres
Beam:	11.5 metres
Draught:	5.5 metres
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Ship
Armament:	32 guns 26 12-pound long guns 6 6-pound long guns

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

• Sémillante

Builder: Lorient

Ordered:

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.

• Insurgente

Builder: Lorient

Ordered:

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 September 1800.