Cocarde-class frigate
The Cocarde class was a class of three 40-gun/12-pounder frigates of the French Navy. They were designed by Pierre Duhamel in 1793.
- Builder: St Malo
- Ordered: 16 May 1793
- Laid down: August 1793
- Launched: 29 April 1794
- Completed: July 1794
- Fate: Deleted 14 June 1803
- Builder: St Malo
- Ordered: 16 May 1793
- Laid down: September 1793
- Launched: 1 November 1794
- Completed: April 1795
- Fate: captured by British Navy 27 September 1801 at Alexandria, becoming HMS Alexandria.
- Builder: St Servan
- Ordered:
- Laid down: October 1793
- Launched: November 1795
- Completed: November 1796
- Fate: run ashore near Leghorn to avoid capture 1 September 1801.
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Cocarde |
| Operators: | |
| Completed: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 895 20⁄94(bm) |
| Length: |
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| Beam: | 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
| Crew: | 200 |
| Armament: | |
| Armour: | Timber |
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