The Preneuse class was a type of two 44-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran and built at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime.
Preneuse Builder: Rochefort Dockyard Ordered: 24 April 1794 Begun: April 1794 Launched: 16 February 1795 Completed: July 1795 Fate: Ran aground 11 December 1799 on the Île de France (Mauritius) to avoid attack by British warships, which then burnt her.
Africaine Builder: Rochefort Dockyard Ordered: 1795 Begun: March 1795 Launched: 3 January 1798 Completed: May 1798 Fate: Captured 19 February 1801 by HMS Phoebe east of Gibraltar. Recaptured 13 September 1810 by the French but immediately retaken bu HMS Boadicea. Taken to pieces in September 1816.
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