Sibylle class frigate
Start of the action between HMS Magicienne and La Sibylle, 2 January 1783. |
| Class overview |
| Name: |
Sibylle |
| Operators: |
French Navy
Royal Navy |
| Completed: |
6 |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
600 tonnes |
| Length: |
43.9 metres |
| Beam: |
11.2 metres |
| Draught: |
5.4 metres |
| Propulsion: |
Sail |
| Complement: |
260 |
| Armament: |
32 guns:
26 12-pound long guns |
| Armour: |
Timber |
The Sibylle class was a type of five 32-gun frigates designed by Sané.
- Builder:
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1779 at St Malo
- Fate: Lost in a tempest on 17 March 1780 off St Lucie
- Builder:
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1779 at Nantes
- Fate: Broken up in 1797
- Builder:
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1779 at Nantes
- Fate: Foundered in Chesapeake Bay
- Builder:
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1779 at St Malo
- Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy, destroyed at the Battle of Grand Port
- Builder:
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1777 at Brest
- Fate: captured by the Royal Navy in 1783, broken up in 1784
References and sources
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.