Virginie-class frigate
Virginie (right) fighting HMS Indefatigable on 21 April 1796 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Virginie |
| Builders | Toulon |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Seine class |
| Succeeded by | Preneuse class |
| Completed | 10 |
| Canceled | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Frigate |
| Displacement | 1,390 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 720 port tonneaux |
| Length | 47.4 m (155 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Armament | 40 guns {though pierced for 44 guns} |
| Armour | Timber |
The Virginie class was a class of ten 40-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1793 by Jacques-Noël Sané. An eleventh vessel (Zephyr) begun in 1794 was never completed.