French frigate Gentille (1778)

Gentille was an Iphigénie-class frigate 32-gun frigate of the French Navy.

French service
In 1779, Gentille was under Mengaud de la Haye. On 17 August 1779, she and Junon, under Bernard de Marigny, captured the 64-gun HMS Ardent.

On 26 April 1780 Gentille and FRENCH FRIGATE Iphigénie captured HMS Fortune (1778) off Barbuda. The frigates belonged to Guichen’s squadron.

On 19 February 1781, in Chesapeake Bay, Gentille took part in the capture of the 44-gun HMS Romulus, along with the 64-gun FRENCH SHIP Éveillé, the frigate  FRENCH FRIGATE Surveillante, and the cutter FRENCH CUTTER Guêpe, captured her in Chesapeake Bay. In September, she ferried troops from Annapolis to James River, in support of the Siege of Yorktown.

During the War of the First Coalition, Gentille cruised the Atlantic under Lieutenant Canon. She was captured by the 74-gun HMS Hannibal and Robust in the action of 10 April 1795.

Fate
Gentille was broken up in 1802.