French frigate Cléopâtre (1781)
Cléopâtre at Start Point, Devon in 1793 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Cléopâtre |
| Namesake | Cleopatra |
| Builder | Saint Malo |
| Laid down | 1780 |
| Launched | 19 August 1781 |
| Commissioned | December 1781 |
| Captured | Captured by the Royal Navy 1793 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Oiseau |
| Acquired | 19 June 1793 by capture |
| Fate | Broken up 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Vénus-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,082 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 91316⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 37 ft 8+1⁄2 in (11.494 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 11+3⁄4 in (3.651 m) |
| Complement | 254 (British service) |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
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Cléopâtre was a 32-gun Vénus class frigate of the French Navy. She was designed by Jacques-Noël Sané, and had a coppered hull. She was launched in 1781, and the British captured her in 1793. She then served the Royal Navy as HMS Oiseau until she was broken up in 1816.