Forte-class frigate
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Legyptienne.jpg |Ship caption=Portrait of Égyptienne by Jean-Jacques Baugean }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=Forte |Builders=Lorient, Toulon |Operators=*{{navy|France}}
|Class before={{sclass|Résistance|frigate|4}} |Class after={{sclass|Romaine|frigate|4}} |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range= |In service range= |In commission range= |Total ships building= |Total ships planned= |Total ships completed=2 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost= |Total ships retired= |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=Roche p.206 |Ship class= |Ship type=50-gun frigate |Ship tons burthen=1,012 tons (port measurement) |Ship displacement=2,042 tons displacement |Ship length={{convert|52|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (gundeck); {{convert|48|m|abbr=on}} (keel) |Ship beam={{convert|13|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|5.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship hold depth={{convert|5.66|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship propulsion= |Ship complement= |Ship armament=*30 × 24-pounder long guns (in the upper deck)
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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.
: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.
: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
File:Plans-de-la-frcegate-la-forte.jpg|Plans of the hull of Forte
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References
- {{Cite book |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870 |isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 |oclc=165892922 |page=208}}
- {{Cite book |first=Onésime-Joachim |last=Troude |author-link=Onésime-Joachim Troude |year=1867 |publisher=Challamel ainé |chapter=Combats particuliers 1799 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rhIR5D5quFYC |title=Batailles navales de la France |pages=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}}.
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