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Class overview
Name	Preneuse
Builders	Rochefort
Operators	French Navy; Royal Navy;
Preceded by	Virginie class
Succeeded by	Armide class
Completed	2
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	frigate
Displacement	1400 tonnes
Tons burthen	722 tonnes
Length	47.75 metres
Beam	11.85 metres
Draught	5.8 metres
Depth of hold	6.17 metres
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	340 in wartime; 260 in peacetime
Armament	44 guns:; 28 18-pounder long guns; 12 8-pounder long guns; 4 36-pounder obuses;
Armour	Timber
Notes	Ships in class include: Preneuse, Africaine

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The Preneuse class was a type of two 44-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime.

Preneuse

Builder: Rochefort Dockyard

Ordered: 24 April 1794

Begun: April 1794

Launched: 16 February 1795

Completed: July 1795

Fate: Ran aground 11 December 1799 on the Ile de Francer (Mauritius) to avoid attackj by British warships, which then burnt her.

Africaine

Builder: Rochefort Dockyard

Ordered: 1795

Begun: March 1795

Launched: 3 January 1798

Completed: May 1798

Fate: Captured 19 February 1801 by HMS Phoebe east of Gibraltar. Recaptured 13 September 1810 by the French but immediately retaken bu HMS Boadicea. Taken to pieces in September 1816.

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-|Ship armament=*40 guns:
+|Ship armament=*44 guns:
 *28 [[18-pounder long gun]]s
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+*4 36-pounder [[obus]]es
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-The '''''Preneuse'' class''' was a type of two 42-gun [[frigate]]s.
+The '''''Preneuse'' class''' was a type of two 44-gun [[frigate]]s of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at [[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime]].
 * [[French frigate Preneuse (1794)|''Preneuse'']]
+:Builder: [[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime|Rochefort]] Dockyard
-:Builder:
-:Ordered:
+:Ordered: 24 April 1794
-:Launched: 1794
+:Begun: April 1794
+:Launched: 16 February 1795
-:Fate:
+:Completed: July 1795
+:Fate: Ran aground 11 December 1799 on the [[Isle de France (Mauritius)|Ile de Francer (Mauritius)]] to avoid attackj by British warships, which then burnt her.
 * [[French frigate Africaine (1798)|''Africaine'']]
+:Builder: [[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime|Rochefort]] Dockyard
-:Builder:
-:Ordered:
+:Ordered: 1795
+:Begun: March 1795
-:Launched: 1798
+:Launched: 3 January 1798
-:Fate:
+:Completed: May 1798
+:Fate: Captured 19 February 1801 by HMS ''Phoebe'' east of Gibraltar. Recaptured 13 September 1810 by the French but immediately retaken bu HMS ''Boadicea''. Taken to pieces in September 1816.
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