Seine-class frigate
Hull of HMS Revolutionnaire
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Seine |
| Builders: | Le Havre (4); Cherbourg (1) |
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| 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.
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