Preneuse-class frigate
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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.
1794 — 1816
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Rochefort, French Navy,
Cocarde-class frigate, Coquille, HMS Africaine, Le Normand-class frigate, Preneuse,
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1794 — 1816 Preneuse-class frigate
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| object | watercraft | Preneuse | Preneuse-class frigate, frigate | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | 1798 | HMS Africaine | Preneuse-class frigate, fifth-rate frigate | Wikidata |

