Forte-class frigate

*Forte* class
	Portrait of Égyptienne by Jean-Jacques Baugean
Class overview
Name	Forte
Builders	Lorient, Toulon
Operators	French Navy; Royal Navy;
Preceded by	Résistance class
Succeeded by	Romaine class
Completed	2
General characteristics
Type	50-gun frigate
Tonnage	1,012 tons (port measurement); 2,042 tons displacement
Length	52 m (170 ft 7 in) (gundeck); 48 m (157 ft) (keel)
Beam	13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Draught	5.85 m (19 ft 2 in)
Depth of hold	5.66 m (18 ft 7 in)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	30 × 24-pounder long guns (in the upper deck); 20 × 8-pounder long guns (6 on the forecastle, 14 on the quarterdeck); 4 × 36-pounder carronades;

The Forte class was a class of two large frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1794 by . They carried 30 24-pounder long guns as their main battery and 20 x 8 pdrs on the quarterdeck and forecastle; they were exceptionally large and powerful heavy frigates for their time.

Forte

Builder: Lorient

Begun: 30 May 1794

Launched: 26 September 1794

Completed: November 1794

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 1 March 1799, became HMS Forte, wrecked in January 1801 in the Red Sea.

Égyptienne

Builder: Toulon

Begun: 26 September 1798

Launched: 17 July 1799

Completed: November 1799

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 2 September 1801, became HMS Egyptienne, sold for breaking up 30 April 1817

Plans of the hull of Forte

References[]

^ Roche, op. cit.
^ Troude, op. cit., p.173

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 208. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). "Combats particuliers 1799". Batailles navales de la France. Challamel ainé. pp. 171–174.
Rif Winfield and Stephen S. Roberts, French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786-1861 Seaforth Publishing, 2015, ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.

[Roche-1] Roche, op. cit.

[Troude173-2] Troude, op. cit., p.173

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v t Forte-class frigates
French Navy	Forte Égyptienne
Royal Navy	HMS Forte (ex-Forte) (ex-Égyptienne)
Preceded by: Vengeance class Followed by: Romaine class
List of French sail frigates

Class overview
Portrait of Égyptienne by Jean-Jacques Baugean
Name	Forte
Builders	Lorient, Toulon
Operators	French Navy Royal Navy
Preceded by	Résistance class
Succeeded by	Romaine class
Completed	2
General characteristics ^[1]
Type	50-gun frigate
Tonnage	1,012 tons (port measurement); 2,042 tons displacement
Length	52 m (170 ft 7 in) (gundeck); 48 m (157 ft) (keel)
Beam	13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Draught	5.85 m (19 ft 2 in)
Depth of hold	5.66 m (18 ft 7 in)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	30 × 24-pounder long guns (in the upper deck) 20 × 8-pounder long guns (6 on the forecastle, 14 on the quarterdeck) 4 × 36-pounder carronades^[2]