USS Insurgent

French service: Officers + 278 men &#91; 1 &#93;
US service: 340 officers and enlisted

	Naval encounter during the Quasi-War between USS Constellation and French ship L'Insurgente (right) on 9 February 1799
History
France
Name	L'Insurgente
Ordered	3 September 1790
Builder	Pierre-Joseph Pénétreau, Lorient
Laid down	5 November 1791
Launched	27 April 1793
Captured	by USS Constellation, 9 February 1799
United States
Name	USS Insurgent
Acquired	9 February 1799
Commissioned	August 1799
Fate	Lost at sea, probably foundered September 1800
General characteristics
Type	Sémillante-class frigate
Tons burthen	600 (bm)
Length	45.5 m (149 ft 3 in)
Beam	11.5 m (37 ft 9 in)
Draft	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Complement	French service:Officers + 278 men; US service: 340 officers and enlisted;
Armament	French service (initially):; 26 × 12-pounder long guns +; 6 × 6-pounder long guns; French service (1798–1799):; 2 × 18-pounder long guns + 24 × 12-pounder guns; 8 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 36-pounder howitzers +; 2 × 24-pounder carronades; US service:; 26 × 18-pounder + 10 × 12-pounder guns; 4 × 36-pounder howitzers;

L'Insurgente was a 40-gun Sémillante-class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1793. During the Quasi War with the United States, the United States Navy frigate USS Constellation, with Captain Thomas Truxtun in command, captured her off the island of Nevis. After her capture she served in the United States Navy as USS Insurgent, patrolling the waters in the West Indies. In September 1800 she was caught up in a severe storm and was presumed lost at sea.^[2]^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cite error: The named reference Demerliac was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ U.S.Navy, DANFS, Insurgent prgh.1
^ Toll, 2006 pp. 142–144