French frigate Atalante (1802)
Defence of the Centurion in Vizagapatam Road, Septr. 15th 1804, Engraving by Thomas Sutherland after a painting by Sir James Lind
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| Name: | Atalante |
| Builder: | Enterprise Ethéart, Saint-Malo (Constructeur: François Pestel) |
| Laid down: | September 1797 |
| Launched: | 29 June 1802 |
| Commissioned: | 1 July 1802 |
| In service: | July 1802 |
| Out of service: | 3 November 1805 |
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| Class and type: | Virginie class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,400 tons (French) |
| Length: | 47.75 m (156.7 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.18 m (40.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.85 m (19.2 ft) (laden) |
| Complement: | 330-340 |
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| Armour: | Timber |
The Atalante was a 40-gun Virginie class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1802.
In 1803 Atalante cruised in the Indian Ocean under capitaine de frégate Gaudin, in the squadron under the command of Rear Admiral Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois, whose mission was to re-take the colonies of the Indian Ocean, given to English at the peace of Amiens. The fleet included the 74-gun ship of the line Marengo, the frigates Atalante', Belle Poule, and Sémillante, and troop ships and transports with food and ammunition.
At the beginning of November, the division set sail for Batavia to protect the Dutch colonies. En route, Linois destroyed the English counters in Bencoolen, capturing five ships, and sailed for the South China Sea, where the China Fleet of the British East India Company was expected. During the operation he despatched Atalante to Muscat.
Linois's squadron, without Atalante, met the British East India Company's China Fleet in the Battle of Pulo Aura. The greater numbers and aggressive action of the British East Indiamen, some of whom flew Royal Navy flags, drove the French away. Linois returned to Batavia. He dispatched Atalante and Belle Poule to the Gulf of Bengal, where Belle Poule captured a few ships before returning to Ile de France.
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