French frigate Cocarde (1794)

History
France
Name	Cocarde
Ordered	16 May 1793
Builder	Saint Malo
Laid down	August 1793
Launched	29 April 1794
Completed	July 1794
General characteristics
Class and type	Cocarde class frigate
Type	frigate
Tons burthen	902 tons [1] Ship tonnage=
Length	144 ft 3 in (43.97 m) (overall); 119 ft 8+1⁄2 in (36.487 m) (keel)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Crew	200
Armament	40 guns: 28 × 12-pounder long guns 12 × 6-pounder long guns
Armour	Timber

The Cocarde ("Cockade") was a 40-gun Cocarde class frigate of the French Navy.

Ordered as Cocarde nationale, she was launched on 29 April 1794 in Saint Malo and commissioned in July under Lieutenant Allanic. Under Captain Quérangal, she took part in the Battle of Groix. She later took part in the Expédition d'Irlande. She was renamed Cocarde in June 1796.

In 1802, she served in the Caribbean. A series of beachings damaged her direction and hull to the point where she had to be abandoned and dismantled.

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?]}