French frigate Immortalité (1795)

Capture of Immortalité by HMS Fisgard
History
France
Name
  • Immortalité
  • (English: 'Immortality')
BuilderBrest, France
Laid downMay 1794
Launched7 January 1795
In serviceFebruary 1795
Captured20 October 1798
Great Britain
NameHMS Immortalite
Acquired20 October 1798 by capture
FateBroken up in July 1806
General characteristics
Class & typeRomaine-class frigate
Displacement700 tonnes
Length45.5 m (149 ft 3 in)
Beam11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draught5 m (16 ft 5 in)
PropulsionSail
Armament
  • 40 guns:
  • 24 24-pounders
  • 16 8-pounders
ArmourTimber

Immortalité was a Romaine-class frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande, and was captured shortly after the Battle of Tory Island by HMS Fisgard. She was recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Immortalite and had an active career on the Home Station.