French frigate Incorruptible (1795)

Portrait of Incorruptible by Olivier Colin.
History
France
NameIncorruptible
Launched20 May 1795
FateBroken up after February 1830
General characteristics
Class and typeRomaine-class frigate
Displacement700 tonnes
Length45.5 m (149 ft)
Beam11.8 m (39 ft)
Draught5 m (16 ft)
PropulsionSail
Armament
  • 40 guns:
  • 24 24-pounders
  • 16 8-pounders
ArmourTimber

Incorruptible was a 40-gun Romaine-class frigate of the French Navy.

On 15 July 1796, under captain Bescond, she fought against the 56-gun HMS Glatton.

In 1800, she was involved in the battle of Dunkirk.

In January 1805, she was sent to observe British movements off Toulon, along with Hortense. On 4 February, they attacked a convoy, destroying 7 ships. Three days later, they encountered the convoy escorted by the 20-gun sloop HMS Arrow and the 8-gun bomb vessel HMS Acheron; the frigates destroyed two Royal Navy vessels, and captured and burnt Duchess of Rutland and two other merchant vessels of the convoy.

In May 1807, Incorruptible, Annibal, Pomone, and the corvette Victorieuse engaged HMS Spartan off Cabrera in the Mediterranean.

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.