The Affronteur class consisted of two 16-gun luggers that Michel Colin-Olivier laid down at Dieppe in August 1794 and that he launched in 1795 for the French Navy.

The Royal Navy took Affronteur into service as HMS Caroline in 1804.

The two vessels mounted sixteen 6-pounder (2.7 kg) guns and had a complement of 87–120 officers and ratings.

[1] Michel Colin-Olivier constructed two luggers in 1794 Dieppe and launched then in November 1795.

There the vessel was measured at 158 tons burthen and armed with twelve 12-pounder (5.4 kg) carronades and two 6-pounder guns.