French frigate Dédaigneuse (1797)
Dédaigneuse was a 40-gun Coquille-class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1797. The Royal Navy captured her in 1801 and took her into service as HMS Dedaigneuse. She was hulked as a receiving ship in 1812 and sold in 1823.
Dédaigneuse | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Dédaigneuse |
| Builder | Bayonne (Constructeur: Jean Baudry) |
| Laid down | June 1794 |
| Launched | December 1797 |
| Captured | 28 January 1801 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Dedaigneuse |
| Acquired | by capture, 28 January 1801 |
| Nickname(s) | Dead Nose |
| Fate | Sold, April 1823 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Coquille-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,180 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 897 3⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 42.8 m (140 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 11.4 m (37 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Depth of hold | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | |
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