French frigate Favorite (1810)

	Clorinde, sister ship of Favorite
History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Favorita
Builder	Venice
Launched	1810
Out of service	14 June 1810
Fate	Transferred to France
France
Name	Favorite
Namesake	Favourite
Acquired	14 June 1810
Fate	Destroyed 13 March 1811
General characteristics
Class and type	Pallas-class frigate
Displacement	1,080 tonnes
Length	46.93 m (154 ft 0 in)
Beam	11.91 m (39 ft 1 in)
Draught	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft) of sail
Complement	326
Armament	Nominally 40 guns; In practice carried either 44 or 46 guns:; Battery: 28 18-pounders; Quarter deck & forecastle:; 8 × 8-pounder long guns; 8 × 36-pounder carronades or 12 × 18-pounder carronades;

Favorite was the 44-gun Pallas-class frigate Favorita of the Navy of the Kingdom of Italy. The Italians exchanged her to the French Navy for the three brigs Cyclope, Écureuil and Mercure.

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