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L'Insurgente was a 40-gun Sémillante-class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1793. During the Quasi War with the United States, the United States Navy frigate USS Constellation , with Captain Thomas Truxtun in command, captured her off the island of Nevis .
USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente, or the action of 9 February 1799, was a single-ship action fought between frigates of the French Navy and the United States Navy during the Quasi-War, an undeclared war that lasted from 1798 to 1800.
The list of frigate classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within. Beihai Type 053H, 053H1, 053H2, 053H1Q, 053H1G frigate (NATO codename Jianghu I, II, III, IV, V) Builders: China (Jiangnan Shipyard and Hudong Shipyard in ...
USS Constitution, the last of the original six frigates of the United States Navy still in commission Class overview Operators United States Navy Built 1794–1800 In service 1794–1881 In commission 1797–present Planned 6 Completed 6 Active 1 Lost 2 Retired 3 General characteristics (Constitution, President, United States) Class and type 44-gun frigate Tonnage 1,576 Displacement 2,200 tons ...
Insurgente; Builder: Lorient Ordered: 3 September 1790 Laid down: 5 November 1791 Launched: 27 April 1793 Completed: June 1793 Fate: Captured by the US Navy off Nevis on 8 February 1799, recommissioned as USS Insurgent, but lost at sea in a hurricane in September 1800.
1799, February 9 – USS Constellation captures the French frigate L'Insurgente ; 1799, October 24 – Merchantman Washington drives off the French privateer frigate Bellone; 1800, February 1 – USS Constellation defeats the French frigate La Vengeance ; 1800, July 4 - USS Enterprise captures French privateer L'Aigle
This is a list of frigates of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number. It includes all of the hull classification symbols FF and FFG. Prior to the 1975 ship reclassification , ships that are now classified as FF or FFG were classified as DE or DEG ( destroyer escort ).
Rodgers participated in the capture of the French Navy frigate L'Insurgente [Note 5] during Constellation ' s engagement, and he immediately was made prize master of the surrendered French vessel. Rodgers, along with Midshipman Porter and eleven seamen, boarded the badly-damaged L'Insurgente with the challenge of sailing her to a friendly port ...