Preneuse-class frigate

The Preneuse class was a type of two 44-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime.


 * Preneuse
 * Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
 * Ordered: 24 April 1794
 * Begun: April 1794
 * Launched: 16 February 1795
 * Completed: July 1795
 * Fate: Ran aground 11 December 1799 on the Île de France (Mauritius) to avoid attack by British warships, which then burnt her.


 * Africaine
 * Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
 * Ordered: 1795
 * Begun: March 1795
 * Launched: 3 January 1798
 * Completed: May 1798
 * Fate: Captured 19 February 1801 by HMS Phoebe east of Gibraltar. Recaptured 13 September 1810 by the French but immediately retaken bu HMS Boadicea. Taken to pieces in September 1816.