The ''Cocarde'' class was a class of three 40-gun/12-pounder
frigates
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of the
French Navy
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. They were designed by
Pierre Duhamel
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in 1793.
[Winfield & Roberts, p. 130]
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''Cocarde Nationale''
:Builder: St Malo
:Ordered: 16 May 1793
:Laid down: August 1793
:Launched: 29 April 1794
:Completed: July 1794
:Fate: Deleted 14 June 1803
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''Régénérée''
:Builder: St Malo
:Ordered: 16 May 1793
:Laid down: September 1793
:Launched: 1 November 1794
:Completed: April 1795
:Fate: captured by British Navy 27 September 1801 at Alexandria, becoming
HMS ''Alexandria''.
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''Bravoure''
:Builder: St Servan
:Ordered:
:Laid down: October 1793
:Launched: November 1795
:Completed: November 1796
:Fate: run ashore near Leghorn to avoid capture 1 September 1801.
Citations
Bibliography
*Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S. (2015) ''French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates.'' Seaforth Publishing. {{ISBN, 978-1-84832-204-2.
Cocarde
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Eighteenth century
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