French frigate Vertu (1794)
Battle of Vertu and Régénérée against HMS Brilliant | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Vertu |
| Namesake | Virtue |
| Ordered | 16 February 1793 |
| Builder | Lorient |
| Laid down | October 1793 |
| Launched | 28 June 1794 |
| In service | September 1794 |
| Captured | 30 November 1803, by the Royal Navy |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Virtu |
| Acquired | 30 November 1803 |
| Fate | Broken up December 1810 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 40-gun frigate |
| Length | 46.8 metres |
| Beam | 11.9 metres |
| Draught | 5.7 metres |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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Vertu was a 40-gun French frigate designed by engineer Segondat. She served in Sercey's squadron in the Indian Ocean, and in Saint-Domingue. She was captured by the Royal Navy at the end of the Blockade of Saint-Domingue when the island surrendered to the British. After her capture the Navy sailed her to Britain but never commissioned her, and finally sold her in 1810.