Vengeance-class frigate
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Capture of L' Immortalite Octr. 20th. 1798.jpg |Ship caption=Capture of {{ship|French frigate|Immortalité|1795|2}} by {{HMS|Fisgard|1797|6}} (ex-Résistance). }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=Vengeance class |Builders=Paimbœuf |Operators=*{{Navy|France}}
|Class before= |Class after= |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range= |In service range= |In commission range= 1793–1814{{cite book|first=Jean-Michel|last=Roche|year=2005|title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours|isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6|oclc=165892922|publisher=Group Retozel-Maury Millau|volume=1|page=379}} |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= |Ship class= 48-gun frigate |Ship length={{convert|48.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|12.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|6.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship hold depth= |Ship sail plan=Full-rigged ship |Ship complement= |Ship armament=*28 × 18-pounder long guns
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The Vengeance class was a type of large sailing frigates designed by Pierre Degay and built in Paimbœuf for the French Navy. Rated at 48 guns, the type was one of the French attempts at increasing the firepower of frigates by mounting a 24-pounder main battery,{{cite book |last=Gardiner|title=Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars |page=40}} as was tried with Forfait's {{sclass|Romaine|frigate|4}}. The attempt was unsuccessful, and the ships mounted 18-pounder long guns on their main gun deck while in service.
Only two ships of the design were built, both being captured by the British and recommissioned in the Royal Navy.{{cite book|first=Jean-Michel|last=Roche|year=2005|title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours|isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6|oclc=165892922|publisher=Group Retozel-Maury Millau|volume=1|page=458}}
- {{HMS|Vengeance|1800|2}}
:Builder: Paimbœuf
:Begun:June 1793
:Launched: 8 November 1794
:Completed: By April 1795
:Fate: captured on 20 August 1800 by the Royal Navy. Sold in 1814.
- {{ship|French frigate|Résistance|1796|2}}
:Builder: Paimbœuf
:Begun: April 1794
:Launched: 28 November 1795
:Completed: May 1796
:Fate: captured on 9 March 1797 by the Royal Navy. Sold in 1814.
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