French frigate Cocarde (1794)

The Cocarde ("Cockade") was a 40-gun Cocarde class frigate of the French Navy.

History
France
Name: Cocarde
Ordered: 16 May 1793
Builder: Saint Malo
Laid down: August 1793
Launched: 29 April 1794
Completed: July 1794
General characteristics
Class and type: Cocarde class frigate
Type: frigate
Tons burthen:

902 tons [1]

Ship tonnage=
Length:
  • 144 ft 3 in (43.97 m) (overall);
  • 119 ft 8 1⁄2 in (36.487 m) (keel)
Beam: 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Depth of hold: 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Crew: 200
Armament:
Armour: Timber

Ordered as Cocarde nationale, she was launched on 29 April 1794 in Saint Malo and commissioned in July under Lieutenant Allanic. Under Captain Quérangal, she took part in the Battle of Groix. She later took part in the Expédition d'Irlande. She was renamed Cocarde in June 1796.

In 1802, she served in the Caribbean. A series of beachings damaged her direction and hull to the point where she had to be abandoned and dismantled.

Sources and references
  1. HMS Alexandria, Naval Database
  • 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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