Consolante-class frigate
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Consolante |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Gloire class |
| Succeeded by | Milanaise class |
| Planned | 8 |
| Completed | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Consolante-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1320 tonnes |
| Tons burthen | 109183⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 48.75 metres (159.9 ft) |
| Beam | 12.2 metres (40 ft) |
| Draught | 5.9 metres (19 ft) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
The Consolante class frigate was a class of French warships during the Napoleonic Era. Each ship had a main battery consisting of 18-pounder long guns. The designers were François Pestel and Jacques-Noël Sané.
List of ships
- Consolante
- Builder: Saint Malo
- Ordered:
- Launched: 22 July 1800
- Completed:
- Fate:
- Builder: Saint Servan
- Ordered:
- Launched: 15 November 1804
- Completed:
- Fate: Captured by HMS St Fiorenzo on 8 March 1808
- Builder: Saint Servan
- Ordered:
- Launched: 15 August 1806
- Completed:
- Fate: Damaged beyond repair at the Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne on 24 February 1809
- Builder: Genoa
- Ordered:
- Launched: 18 August 1807
- Completed:
- Fate: Exploded in Trieste harbour on 4 September 1812
- Builder: Saint Servan
- Ordered:
- Launched: February 1808
- Completed:
- Fate: Captured during the British invasion of Isle de France on 4 December 1810
- Builder: Saint Servan
- Ordered:
- Launched: December 1808
- Completed:
- Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 25 May 1811
- Illyrienne
- Builder: Saint Servan
- Ordered:
- Launched: 13 November 1811
- Completed:
- Fate:
- Galatée
- Builder: Genoa
- Ordered:
- Launched: 5 May 1812
- Completed:
- Fate:
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792, Seaforth Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.