French frigate Sirène (1795)
Combat de la frégate française La Sirène contre une division anglaise, by Pierre-Julien Gilbert | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Sirène |
| Builder | Bayonne |
| Laid down | June 1794 |
| Launched | 1795 |
| In service | 1795 |
| Fate | Broken up in 1825 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Coquille-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 898 bm |
| Length | 42.8 m (140 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 11.4 m (37 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Depth of hold | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Ship |
| Armament | 28 × 12-pounder + 12 × 8-pounder guns |
Sirène was a 40-gun Coquille-class frigate of the French Navy. She took part in a number of campaigns and actions before she was badly damaged in a battle on 22 March 1808. Refloated after being beached to avoid capture, she was hulked. Sirène was broken up in 1825.