French frigate Président

History
France
Name	Minerve
Ordered	25 January 1801
Builder	Nantes (Crucy company), plans by Forfait
Laid down	September 1802
Launched	4 June 1804
Commissioned	20 July 1804
Out of service	28 September 1806
Renamed	Président
United Kingdom
Name	President
Acquired	by capture September 1806
Renamed	Piemontaise
Honours and; awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Java"
Fate	Broken up 1815
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Tons burthen	1148 bm
Length	46 metres (151 ft)
Beam	12 metres (39 ft)
Draught	7 metres (23 ft)
Complement	330 men
Armament	French service rated 40 guns:; Battery: 28 × 18-pounder long guns; Quarterdeck and forecastle: 12 × 8-pounder long guns; British service rated 38 guns:; Battery: 28 × 18-pounder long guns; Quarterdeck: 14 × 32-pounder carronades; Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounder long guns + 2 x 32-pounder carronades;
Armour	Timber

Président was a 40-gun frigate of the Gloire class in the French Navy, built to an 1802 design by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait. She served with the French Navy from her completion in 1804 until late 1806 when the Royal Navy captured her. Thereafter, she served as HMS President. In 1815 the Navy renamed her Piemontaise, but then broke her up in December.

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