French frigate Comète (1796)
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name: | Comète |
| Namesake: | Comet |
| Builder: | Le Havre |
| Laid down: | October 1794 |
| Launched: | 11 March 1796 |
| In service: | January 1798 |
| Fate: | Broken up in 1810 |
| 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 Comète was a Romaine class frigate of the French Navy.
She took part in the Atlantic campaign of 1806 and in the Battle of San Domingo.
The frigates Comète and Félicité, and the corvette Diligente captured and burned the American vessel Lark, Moore, master, which was sailing from Philadelphia to Jamaica.[Note 1]
From June 1808, she was used as a mast machine in Bayonne, and was eventually broken up in 1810.
Notes, citations, and references
- Notes
- Citations
- ↑ Lloyd's List, no. 4061, - accessed 1 February 2014.
- References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671–1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 121. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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