French frigate Incorruptible (1795)

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

Portrait of Incorruptible by Olivier Colin.
History
France
Name	Incorruptible
Launched	20 May 1795
Fate	Broken up after February 1830
General characteristics
Class & type	Romaine-class frigate
Displacement	700 tonnes
Length	45.5 m (149 ft)
Beam	11.8 m (39 ft)
Draught	5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	40 guns: 24 24-pounders 16 8-pounders
Armour	Timber

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.

External links

• Media related to Incorruptible (ship, 1795) at Wikimedia Commons