| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Aigle | Balthazar & Edward Adams, Bucklers Hard | 11.1798 | 23.9.1801 | 6.10.1801 | corvette 7.1831, coal hulk 11.1852 | ||
| Resistance | George Parsons, Bursledon | 3.1800 | 29.4.1801 | 21.6.1801 | wrecked 31.5.1803 |
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Displacement normal, t |
963bm |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
44.5 gundeck |
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Breadth, m |
11.7 |
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Draught, m |
3.96 hold depth |
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No of shafts |
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Machinery |
sails |
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Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
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Fuel, t |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
10 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 26 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 8 x 1 - 107/14 9pdr SBML |
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Complement |
264 |
Project history: 18pdr frigates, 36 guns (fifth rate), reclassified as 42/44-gun in 1817. Designed by Sir John Henslow.
Modernizations: 1831, Aigle: was cut down to 26-gun 6th rate corvette with armament consisted of 6 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 194/16 56pdr 85cwt SBML, 12 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, 6 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML
1839, Aigle: was armed with 2 x 1 - 204/12 8'' 52cwt shell SBML, 2 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr 50cwt SBML, 20 x 1 - 161/15 32pdr 40cwt SBML
Naval service: Resistance wrecked on Portuguese coast near Cape St. Vincent 31.5.1803.
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