Forte-class frigate

Forte class

Forte (right) at the action of 28 February 1799
Class overview
Name	Forte
Builders	Lorient, Toulon
Operators	French Navy  Royal Navy
Preceded by	Résistance class
Succeeded by	Romaine class
Completed	2
General characteristics
Type	50-gun frigate
Displacement	2,042 tons displacement
Tons burthen	1,012 tons (port measurement)
Length	52 m (170 ft 7 in) (gundeck); 48 m (157 ft) (keel)
Beam	13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Draught	5.85 m (19 ft 2 in)
Depth of hold	5.66 m (18 ft 7 in)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	30 × 24-pounder long guns (in the upper deck) 20 × 8-pounder long guns (6 on the forecastle, 14 on the quarterdeck) 4 × 36-pounder carronades

The Forte class was a class of two large frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1794 by François Caro. They carried 30 24-pounder long guns as their main battery and 20 × 8-pdrs on the quarterdeck and forecastle; they were exceptionally large and powerful heavy frigates for their time.

• Forte

Builder: Lorient

Begun: 30 May 1794

Launched: 26 September 1794

Completed: November 1794

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 1 March 1799, became HMS Forte, wrecked in January 1801 in the Red Sea.

• Égyptienne

Builder: Toulon

Begun: 26 September 1798

Launched: 17 July 1799

Completed: November 1799

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 2 September 1801, became HMS Egyptienne, sold for breaking up 30 April 1817

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  Plans of the hull of Forte

Citations

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 208. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). "Combats particuliers 1799". Batailles navales de la France. Challamel ainé. pp. 171–174.
• Rif Winfield and Stephen S. Roberts, French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786-1861 Seaforth Publishing, 2015, ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.