The ''Forte'' class was a class of two large
frigate
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s of the
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, designed in 1794 by
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carried 30 24-pounder long guns as their main battery and 20 × 8-pdrs on the quarterdeck and forecastle; they were exceptionally large and powerful heavy frigates for their time.
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''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.
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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
File:Plans-de-la-frcegate-la-forte.jpg, Plans of the hull of ''Forte''
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*Rif Winfield and Stephen S. Roberts, ''French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786-1861'' Seaforth Publishing, 2015, .
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Ship classes of the French Navy