French frigate Résistance (1795)
Résistance was a 48-gun Vengeance-class frigate of the French Navy. HMS St Fiorenzo captured her in 1797 and the Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Fisgard. She was sold in 1814.
Capture of Immortalité by HMS Fisgard (ex-Résistance). | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Résistance |
| Builder | Paimbœuf |
| Laid down | April 1794 |
| Launched | 28 November 1795 |
| In service | May 1796 |
| Captured | 9 March 1797, by the Royal Navy |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Fisgard |
| Acquired | 9 March 1797 |
| Fate | Sold in August 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 48-gun Vengeance-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 1,183 (bm) |
| Length | 48.7 m (159 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 12.7 m (41 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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