French frigate Résistance (1795)
Capture of Immortalité by Fisgard (ex-Résistance). | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Résistance |
| Builder | Paimbœuf |
| Laid down | April 1794 |
| Launched | 28 November 1795 |
| In service | May 1796 |
| Captured | 9 March 1797, by the Royal Navy |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Fisgard |
| Acquired | 9 March 1797 |
| Fate | Sold in August 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 48-gun Vengeance-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 1,183 (bm) |
| Length | 48.7 m (159 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 12.7 m (41 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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Résistance was a 48-gun Vengeance-class frigate of the French Navy. HMS St Fiorenzo captured her in 1797 and the Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Fisgard. She was sold in 1814.