French frigate Aigle (1782)
Aigle in 1782. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Aigle |
| Namesake | Eagle |
| Builder | Dujardin, Saint Malo, plans by Jacques-Noël Sané |
| Laid down | 1779 |
| Launched | 11 February 1780 |
| Acquired | April 1782 by purchase |
| Fate | Captured 15 September 1782 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Aigle |
| Acquired | September 1782 by capture |
| Commissioned | December 1782 |
| Fate | Wrecked 19 August 1798 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1200 tons (French) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 39 ft 3 in (12.0 m) |
| Draught | 5.4 m (17.7 ft) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
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| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
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The French frigate Aigle was launched in 1780 as a privateer. The French Navy purchased her in 1782, but the British captured her that same year and took her into the Royal Navy as the 38-gun fifth rate HMS Aigle. During the French Revolutionary Wars she served primarily in the Mediterranean, where she was wrecked in 1798.