French frigate Boudeuse (1766)

Boudeuse arriving in Matavai in 1767.
History
France
Name	Boudeuse
Namesake	"Sulky (Girl)"
Builder	Indret shipyard, near Nantes
Laid down	May 1765
Launched	25 March 1766
Completed	September 1766
Out of service	1800
Fate	Broken up for firewood in 1800
General characteristics
Class and type	Frigate
Displacement	1,030 tons (French)
Tons burthen	580 (French; "of the port")
Length	40.6 m (133 ft) (gundeck) 38.33 m (125.8 ft) (keel)
Beam	10.61 m (34.8 ft)
Draft	5.36 m (17.6 ft)
Depth of hold	4.36 m (14.3 ft) (forward) 4.49 m (14.7 ft) (aft)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	214
Armament	26 guns (later 32) Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounder long guns Upperworks: 6 × 6-pounder long guns + 2 × 36-pounder obusiers (all added later)
Armour	timber

Boudeuse was a 32-gun, 12-pounder-armed sailing frigate named Boudeuse on 6 June 1765. She is most famous for being the exploration ship of Louis Antoine de Bougainville between 1766 and 1769. She also served in the American and French Revolutionary Wars, during which she captured two enemy vessels. She was broken up for firewood at Malta in early 1800.