French frigate Chiffonne (1799)

HMS Sybille capturing Chiffonne
History
France
Name	Chiffonne
Laid down	10 November 1793
Launched	31 August 1799
In service	December 1800
Captured	19 August 1801
United Kingdom
Name	Chiffonne
Acquired	19 August 1801 by capture
Fate	Broken up in September 1814
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Heureuse-class frigate
Length	144 ft 1 in (43.92 m) (overall); 120 ft 6+1⁄4 in (36.735 m) (keel)
Beam	37 ft 11 in (11.56 m)
Draught	5.8 m (19 ft)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	French service: 250 men
Armament	French service: UD: 28 × 12-pounder guns QD: 8 × 8-pounder guns and 4 × 36-pounder carronades Fc: 4 × 8-pounder guns British service: UD:26 × 12-pounder guns QD: 9 × 9-pounder guns Fc: 12 × 32-pounder carronades
Armour	Timber

Chiffonne was a 38-gun Heureuse-class frigate of the French Navy. She was built at Nantes and launched in 1799. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1801. In 1809 she participated in a campaign against pirates in the Persian Gulf. She was sold for breaking up in 1814.