French ship Recherche (1787)
The Recherche and Espérance, by François Roux | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Recherche |
| Namesake | Research |
| Builder | Bayonne |
| Laid down | March 1787 |
| Launched | October 1787 |
| Christened | Truite |
| Commissioned | November 1787 |
| Out of service | September 1794 |
| Reclassified | Frigate in 1791 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Marsouin-class scow |
| Displacement | c. 400 tonnes |
| Length | 36.4 m (119 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 200 |
| Armament | 12 × 6-pounders |
| Armour | Timber |
Recherche was a 20-gun Marsouin-class scow of the French Navy, later reclassified as a 12-gun frigate. She earned fame as one of the ships of Bruni d'Entrecasteaux' expedition, along with Espérance. Both Recherche Bay, Tasmania and the Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia were named after her.