French frigate Preneuse
Preneuse (first from right) at the Battle of Port Louis | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Preneuse |
| Namesake | "taker" |
| Ordered | 24 April 1794 |
| Builder | Rochefort, Charente-Maritime |
| Laid down | April 1794 |
| Launched | 16 February 1795 |
| In service | July 1795 |
| Fate | Destroyed on 11 December 1799 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Preneuse-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1400 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 722 port tonneaux |
| Length | 47.8 m (156 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Complement | 300 |
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Preneuse was a 44-gun Preneuse-class frigate of the French Navy. The lead ship of her class, she was designed by the shipwright Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at Rochefort. During the French Revolutionary Wars, Preneuse served as a commerce raider at the colony of Isle de France until she was destroyed at the Battle of Port Louis in 1799.