French frigate Impatiente (1795)
Poursuivante, sister-ship of Impatiente | |
History | |
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France | |
Name: | Impatiente |
Builder: | Lorient |
Laid down: | May 1794 |
Launched: | 12 March 1795 |
In service: | May 1795 |
Fate: | Wrecked off Cape Clear Island |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Romaine class frigate |
Displacement: | 700 tonnes |
Length: | 45.5 m (149 ft) |
Beam: | 11.8 m (39 ft) |
Draught: | 5 m (16 ft) |
Propulsion: | Sail |
Armament: |
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Armour: | Timber |
The Impatiente was a Romaine class frigate of the French Navy.
She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, where she was wrecked on 29 December 1796. Only 7 survived, and 420 were lost.
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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