French frigate Révolutionnaire (1794)
Hull of HMS Revolutionnaire
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 France
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| Name: | Révolutionnaire |
| Ordered: | 3 July 1793 |
| Builder: | Le Havre |
| Laid down: | October 1793 |
| Launched: | 28 May 1794 |
| Commissioned: | August 1794 |
| In service: | July 1794 |
| Captured: | 22 October 1794 |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Révolutionnaire |
| Acquired: | 22 October 1794 |
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| Fate: | Broken up in 1822. |
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| Tons burthen: | 1147 68⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 157 ft 2 in (47.9 m) (overall); 1,316 ft 9 7⁄8 in (401.4 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 40 ft 5 1⁄2 in (12.3 m) |
| Draught: | 5.5 metres |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | British service: 280 men (later 315). |
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Révolutionnaire (or Revolutionaire), was a 40-gun Seine-class frigate of the French Navy, launched in May 1794. The British captured her in October 1794 and she went on to serve with the Royal Navy until she was broken up in 1822. During this service Revolutionnaire took part in numerous actions, including three for which the Admiralty would in 1847 award clasps to the Naval General Service Medal, and captured several privateers and merchant vessels.
On 21 October 1794 the 38-gun frigate Artois captured Révolutionnaire.Artois was part of a four-frigate squadron that encountered Revolutionnaire at daybreak about eight to ten leagues west of Ushant. She had been out of Le Havre eight days on her first cruise and was sailing to Brest. Artois outpaced the rest of the squadron and engaged Revolutionnaire, which surrendered after 40 minutes as the rest of the British squadron approached. The British had three men killed and five wounded. The French lost eight men killed and five wounded, including the captain, Citizen Antoine René Thévenard.Artois shared the prize money with the other frigates, Arethusa, Diamond, and Galatea.
The Royal Navy commissioned Revolutionnaire in April 1795 under Captain Francis Cole. On 23 June Revolutionnaire participated in the Battle of Groix. After the battle, she towed Alexander, which the French had captured the previous November and which the British had just recaptured, back to Plymouth. In 1847 the Admiralty issued the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "23rd June 1795" to all surviving claimants from the action.
In 1796 Revolutionaire was in the squadron commanded by Captain Sir Edward Pellew in Indefatigable. The squadron captured or sank a number of merchant vessels between 11 and 21 March.
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