French frigate Prudente (1790)
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| File:Cybèle and Prudente vs English ship and frigate 22 dec 1794-Durand Brager img 3104.jpg Cybèle and Prudente fighting HMS Centurion and HMS Diomede. | |
| Career (France) |   |
|---|---|
| Name: | Prudente |
| Namesake: | Prudency |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | May 1789 |
| Launched: | 21 September 1790 |
| In service: | October 1790 |
| Captured: | 9 February 1799 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Capricieuse class frigate |
| Displacement: | 600 tonnes |
| Length: | 44.2 metres |
| Beam: | 11.2 metres |
| Draught: | 5.5 metres |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: | 32 guns |
| Armour: | Timber |
The Prudente was a32-gun Capricieuse class frigate frigate of the French Navy.
In 1791, under lieutenant Villaret de Joyeuse, she was tasked with ferrying troops to Cap Français and with police duty in Santo Domingo. In 1793, she returned to France, escorting a convoy from Terre-Neuve, under Villaret de Joyeuse, by then promoted to Captain.
On 22 October 1794, soon after the outbreak of the wat with England, and along with the 40-gun Cybèle and the brig Coureur, she fought HMS Centurion and HMS Diomede, who blockaded Ile de France. The French ships managed to drive away the British ships.
She served a time at Mauritius, before being sold and becoming a privateer.
She was captured in that capacity by HMS Daedalus on 24 February 1799
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?]
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