French frigate Virginie (1794)
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Virginie was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of its class.
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Virginie fighting HMS Indefatigable | |
History | |
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France | |
Name | Virginie |
Ordered | 17 October 1793 |
Builder | Brest |
Laid down | March 1794 |
Launched | 26 July 1794 |
In service | December 1794 |
Captured | 22 April 1796 |
Great Britain | |
Name | Virginie |
Acquired | 22 April 1796 |
Out of service | 1827 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Virginie-class frigate |
Displacement | 1400 tonnes |
Length | 47.4 m (156 ft) |
Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
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