The Coquille ("shell") was a 40-gun frigate

Frigate

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 of the French Navy

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, lead ship of her class

Coquille class frigate

The Coquille class was a type of five 40-gun frigates designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran.* CoquilleThe Coquille class was a type of five 40-gun frigates designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran.* Coquille...

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Built as Patriote, she was renamed Coquille on 30 May 1795.

On 12 October 1798, she took part in the Battle of Tory Island

Battle of Tory Island

The Battle of Tory Island, was a naval action of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought on 12 October 1798 between French and British squadrons off the northwest coast of Donegal, then in the Kingdom of Ireland...

, where she was captured by the British. She was subsequently recommissioned in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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as HMS Coquille, but was destroyed in an accidental fire in December. Thirteen people were killed when her magazine exploded.