The Forte class was a class of two large frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1794 by François Caro. They carried 30 24-pounder long guns as their main battery and 20 × 8-pdrs on the quarterdeck and forecastle; they were exceptionally large and powerful heavy frigates for their time.
- Builder: Lorient
- Begun: 30 May 1794
- Launched: 26 September 1794
- Completed: November 1794
- Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 1 March 1799, became HMS Forte, wrecked in January 1801 in the Red Sea.
- Builder: Toulon
- Begun: 26 September 1798
- Launched: 17 July 1799
- Completed: November 1799
- Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 2 September 1801, became HMS Egyptienne, sold for breaking up 30 April 1817
Citations
- ^ Roche p.206
- ^ Troude, p.173
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 208. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). "Combats particuliers 1799". Batailles navales de la France. Challamel ainé. pp. 171–174.
- Rif Winfield and Stephen S. Roberts, French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786-1861 Seaforth Publishing, 2015, ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.
