French frigate Comète (1796)

Comète was a Romaine-class frigate of the French Navy. She took part in the Atlantic campaign of 1806 and in the Battle of San Domingo.

Construction

Comète was laid down at Le Havre, France, in October 1794 and launched on 11 March 1796. She entered service in January 1798.

Service history

On 19 February 1806, Comète, the frigate Félicité, and the corvette Diligente captured and burned the American vessel Lark, Moore, master, which was sailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jamaica.^{[1][Note 1]}

From June 1808, Comète served as a mast machine at Bayonne, France. She was broken up in 1810.

Notes

1. The report in Lloyd's List refers to the "brig Diligente". The French navy had a brig Diligent, but she was not in the area.

Citations

1. Lloyd's List, no. 4061,[1] – Retrieved 1 February 2014.

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671–1870 (in French). Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 121. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.