Forte (fencing) Capo Ferro defined the forte as the blade from the hilt to the middle. From the middle to the top is known as the debole. For the debole only, the edges are labeled true and false, the former being the lower edge when the sword is held horizontally. The flats of the sword are not named. By contrast, fencing master Salvator Fabris divides the debole into two sections, the third and fourth part (the first and second are divisions of the forte). The third part, midway to three quarters of the way to the tip, is ineffective but not entirely
French frigate Forte (1794) Admiralty authorised in 1850 for all surviving claimants. In 1811 French naval engineers examined the USS "Constitution" while she was visiting Cherbourg. The engineers compared the design of the American frigate to that of the lost "Forte." Notes Citations References French frigate Forte (1794) Forte was a French 42-gun frigate, lead ship of her class. Launched on 26 September 1794 and commissioned two months later under Commander Beaulieu-Leloup, "Forte" was part of a large frigate squadron under contre-amiral Sercey, also comprising "Prudente", "Régénérée", "Vertu", "Seine", "Cybèle" and "Preneuse". The division sailed to Ile de France to raid commerce in the