French frigate Prudente (1790)

Cybèle and Prudente fighting HMS Centurion and HMS Diomede.
History
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NamePrudente
NamesakePrudency
BuilderLorient
Laid downMay 1789
Launched21 September 1790
In serviceOctober 1790
Captured9 February 1799
General characteristics
Class and typeCapricieuse-class frigate
Displacement600 tonnes
Length44.2 m (145 ft)
Beam11.2 m (37 ft)
Draught5.5 m (18 ft)
PropulsionSail
Armament32 guns
ArmourTimber

The Prudente was a 32-gun Capricieuse-class frigate of the French Navy.


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