French frigate Félicité (1785)
| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Félicité |
| Namesake: | Felicity |
| Builder: | Brest |
| Laid down: | 1 January 1785 |
| Launched: | 4 August 1785 |
| In service: | 28 August 1785 |
| Out of service: | 16 June 1809 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Félicité class frigate |
| Displacement: | 700 tonnes |
| Length: | 44.2 metres |
| Beam: | 11.3 metres |
| Draught: | 5.6 metres |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: |
32 guns:
|
| Armour: | Timber |
The Félicité was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
In 1792, she traveled to the Caribbean. On 29 December, she took part in the capture of a French royalist brig, the Légère, off Saint Pierre.
On 6 February 1806 she was present at the Battle of San Domingo from which she escaped unharmed, together with two other French vessels, the 36-gun frigate Cornélie and the 16-gun ship-corvette Diligente.
In February 1809, she sailed with Troude's division to the Caribbean, armed en flûte.
On 18 August, she was captured by HMS Latona and HMS Cherub, and sold to Henri Christophe the next month, entering service as Améthyste.
In 1811, Haitian revolutionaries took her and renamed Heureuse Révolution. The British recaptured her at the Action of 3 February 1812 and brought her into the Royal Navy as HMS Félicité.
Sources and references
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.[page needed][self-published source?]
