Class overview | |
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Name: | Gloire class |
Operators: | |
Preceded by: | Uranie class |
Succeeded by: | Consolante class |
Planned: | 7 |
Completed: | 7 |
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: |
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Armour: | Timber |
The Gloire-class frigate was a type of 18-pounder 40-gun frigate, designed by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait in 1802. They were built on the specifications of the Seine-class frigate Pensée (sometimes also called Junon class).