HMS Révolutionnaire (1794)

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Hull of HMS Revolutionnaire
Career (France) French Navy Ensign
Name: Révolutionnaire
Ordered: 3 July 1793
Builder: Le Havre
Laid down: October 1793
Launched: 28 May 1794
Commissioned: August 1794
In service: July 1794
Captured: 22 October 1794
Career (United Kingdom) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Révolutionnaire
Acquired: 22 October 1794
Fate: Broken up in 1822.
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 700 tonnes
Length: 42.2 metres
Beam: 12.1 metres
Draught: 5.5 metres
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 44 guns

The Révolutionnaire was a 40-gun Seine class frigate of the French Navy.

She was captured on 21 October 1794 by HMS Artois, and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Révolutionnaire.

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