Hortense-class frigate

Model of Hortense, on display at Toulon naval museum
Class overview
Name:	Hortense
Operators:	French Navy
Preceded by:	Milanaise class
Succeeded by:	Pallas class
Planned:	7
Completed:	7
General characteristics
Type:	Frigate
Length:	46.77 m (153 ft 5 in)
Beam:	11.91 m (39 ft 1 in)
Draught:	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Propulsion:	1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft) of sail
Complement:	326
Armament:	nominally 40 guns in practice carried either 44 or 46 guns: upper deck - 28 long 18-pounders quarter deck & forecastle ("les gaillards") - 8 long 8-pounders and 8 36-pounder carronades (there were several variant ordnance fits on the gaillards)
Armour:	Timber

Jacques-Noël Sané designed the Hortense-class 40-gun frigates of the French Navy in 1802. Seven frigates were built to this new design between 1803 and 1807. Of the seven, one was wrecked at sea and the British Royal Navy captured four, taking three into service.