French frigate Revanche
Romaine class frigate
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Revanche was a Romaine-class frigate of the French Navy.
NameRevanche
BuilderDieppe
Laid downMarch 1794
Launched31 August 1795
Poursuivante, sister ship of Revanche | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Revanche |
| Builder | Dieppe |
| Laid down | March 1794 |
| Launched | 31 August 1795 |
| Completed | December 1795 |
| Fate | Deleted 1818 or 1819 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Romaine-class frigate |
| Displacement | 700 tonnes |
| Length | 45.5 m (149 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 11.8 m (38 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Armament |
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On 2 August 1806 Revanche, capitaine de frégate Lambert, and Sirène, capitaine de frégate Le Duc, captured the Greenland whalers Holderness, Swan, master, and Blenheim, Welburn, master, both of and for Hull. The French burnt their captures.[1]
On 12 March 1811, Revanche and Prégel captured the British sloop HMS Challenger.