French frigate Aigrette (1756)

History
France
NameAigrette
Ordered14 November 1759
BuilderLe Havre, plans by Jean-Joseph Ginoux
Laid downSeptember 1755
LaunchedMarch 1756
In serviceJuly 1756
FateBroken up in Brest in 1789
General characteristics
Class & typeBlonde-class frigate
Length40.3 metres
Beam10.3 metres
Depth of hold5.3 metres
Complement220
Armament
  • 32 guns comprising:
  • Gun deck: 26 × 8-pounder long guns
  • Quarterdeck and forecastle: 6 × 4-pounder guns

Aigrette was a Blonde-class 30-gun frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the Seven Year War and in the War of American Independence.

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