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Seine class frigate

Revolutionnaire PW5793.jpg
Hull of HMS Revolutionnaire
Class overview
Name: Seine
Builders: Le Havre (4); Cherbourg (1)
Operators:
Preceded by: Minerve class
Succeeded by: Virginie class
Subclasses: Valeureuse Class
Planned: 6
Completed: 7
General characteristics
Type: frigate
Displacement: 700 tonnes
Length: 146 ft 4 in
Beam: 37ft 2 in
Depth of hold: 18 ft
Armament: 42 guns:
Armour: Timber
Notes: Ships in class include: Seine, Révolutionnaire, Spartiate (in 1795 renamed Pensée), Indienne, Valeureuse, Infatigable, Furieuse.

The Seine class was a class of 42-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1793 by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait. The vessels were originally designed to carry a main armament of 24-pounder guns, but in the event all six were completed at Le Havre with 18-pounders. The designs of the last pair were modified by the constructor (Charles-Henri Le Tellier) and were somewhat longer than the first four. A further vessel, the Furieuse, was originally ordered at Cherbourg in February 1794 to Forfait's Romaine class design, but was actually completed to the design of the Seine class.



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