History | |
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France | |
Name | Gentille |
Namesake | "nice" |
Ordered | 17 August 1779 |
Builder | Saint-Malo [1] |
Laid down | July 1777 |
Launched | 18 June 1778 |
In service | August 1778 |
Captured | 11 April 1795 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Iphigénie-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 620 tonnes |
Length | 44.2 metres |
Beam | 11.2 metres |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 32 guns |
Gentille was an Iphigénie-class 32-gun frigate of the French Navy.
In 1779, Gentille was under Mengaud de la Haye. On 17 August 1779, she and Junon, under Bernard de Marigny, captured the 64-gun HMS Ardent. [1]
On 26 April 1780 Gentille and Iphigénie captured HMS Fortune off Barbuda. [3] The frigates belonged to Guichen’s squadron.
On 19 February 1781, in Chesapeake Bay, Gentille took part in the capture of the 44-gun HMS Romulus, along with the 64-gun Éveillé, the frigate Surveillante, and the cutter Guêpe, captured her in Chesapeake Bay. [1] [4] In September, she ferried troops from Annapolis to James River, in support of the Siege of Yorktown. [1]
During the War of the First Coalition, Gentille cruised the Atlantic under Lieutenant Canon. She was captured by the 74-gun HMS Hannibal and Robust in the action of 10 April 1795. [1]
Gentille was broken up in 1802. [2]
This article includes data released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported UK: England & Wales Licence, by the National Maritime Museum, as part of the Warship Histories project.
History | |
---|---|
France | |
Name | Gentille |
Namesake | "nice" |
Ordered | 17 August 1779 |
Builder | Saint-Malo [1] |
Laid down | July 1777 |
Launched | 18 June 1778 |
In service | August 1778 |
Captured | 11 April 1795 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Iphigénie-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 620 tonnes |
Length | 44.2 metres |
Beam | 11.2 metres |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 32 guns |
Gentille was an Iphigénie-class 32-gun frigate of the French Navy.
In 1779, Gentille was under Mengaud de la Haye. On 17 August 1779, she and Junon, under Bernard de Marigny, captured the 64-gun HMS Ardent. [1]
On 26 April 1780 Gentille and Iphigénie captured HMS Fortune off Barbuda. [3] The frigates belonged to Guichen’s squadron.
On 19 February 1781, in Chesapeake Bay, Gentille took part in the capture of the 44-gun HMS Romulus, along with the 64-gun Éveillé, the frigate Surveillante, and the cutter Guêpe, captured her in Chesapeake Bay. [1] [4] In September, she ferried troops from Annapolis to James River, in support of the Siege of Yorktown. [1]
During the War of the First Coalition, Gentille cruised the Atlantic under Lieutenant Canon. She was captured by the 74-gun HMS Hannibal and Robust in the action of 10 April 1795. [1]
Gentille was broken up in 1802. [2]
This article includes data released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported UK: England & Wales Licence, by the National Maritime Museum, as part of the Warship Histories project.