The Impatiente was a Romaine-class frigate of the French Navy.
![]() Poursuivante, sister-ship of Impatiente
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Name | Impatiente |
Builder | Lorient |
Laid down | May 1794 |
Launched | 12 March 1795 |
In service | May 1795 |
Fate | Wrecked 29 December 1796 off Cape Clear Island |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Romaine-class frigate |
Displacement | 700 tonnes |
Length | 45.5 m (149 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 11.8 m (38 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, where she was wrecked on 29 December 1796. Only 7 survived, and 420 were lost.
References
edit- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. p. 251. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.