French frigate Impatiente (1795)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Impatiente.

File:Fight of the Poursuivante mp3h9427.jpg Poursuivante, sister-ship of Impatiente
Career (France)
Name:	Impatiente
Builder:	Lorient
Laid down:	May 1794
Launched:	12 March 1795
In service:	May 1795
Fate:	Wrecked off Cape Clear Island
General characteristics
Class and type:	Romaine class frigate
Displacement:	700 tonnes
Length:	45.5 metres
Beam:	11.8 metres
Draught:	5 metres
Propulsion:	Sail
Armament:	40 guns: 24 24-pounders 16 8-pounders
Armour:	Timber

The Impatiente was a Romaine class frigate of the French Navy.

She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, where she was wrecked on 29 December 1796. Only 7 survived, and 420 were lost.

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.