French frigate Fidèle (1789)

The Fidèle was a 32-gun Félicité class frigate of the French Navy.

History
France
Name: Fidèle
Namesake: Fidelity
Builder: Le Havre
Laid down: October 1788
Launched: 22 August 1789
In service: September 1789
Out of service: 23 October 1802
General characteristics
Class and type: Félicité class frigate
Displacement: 700 tonnes
Length: 44.2 m (145 ft)
Beam: 11.3 m (37 ft)
Draught: 5.6 m (18 ft)
Propulsion: Sail
Armament:
  • 32 guns:
  • 26 12-pounders
  • 12 8-pounders
  • 6 hotwizers
Armour: Timber

In 1791, Fidèle took part in Girardin's Expedition to Martinique, under Captain François Étienne de Rosily-Mesros. In November, she served as a troopship and in Brest harbour.

Fidèle took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver and in the Battle of Groix, under Lieutenant Bernard.

In 1802, she was condemned, and used as a hulk and barracks in Brest until 1816, when she was scrapped.

Sources and references
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 199. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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