Armide-class frigate

Portrait of Pénélope by François-Geoffroi Roux
Class overview
Name: Armide
Builders: Plans by Pierre Roland
Operators:  French Navy
Preceded by: Preneuse-class
Succeeded by: Carrère-class
In commission: 1804 - 1823
Building: 15
Planned: 15
Completed: 12
Cancelled: 3
General characteristics
Class & type: Armide-class
Displacement: 1330 tonnes
Length: 47 m (154 ft)
Beam: 12 m (39 ft)
Draught: 5.5 m (18 ft)
Propulsion: Sail
Armament:
  • 44 guns:
  • 28 18-pounders
  • 16 8-pounders
  • 2 6-pounders
  • 2 36-pounder carronades
Armour: Timber

The Armide-class was a type of 40-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Pierre Roland. A highly detailed and accurate model of Flore, one of the units of the class, is on display at Paris naval museum.

Builder: Rochefort
Begun:
Launched: 1804
Completed:
Fate: captured by British Navy 1806.
Builder: Rochefort
Begun:
Launched: 1805
Completed:
Fate: captured by British Navy 1806.
Builder: Bordeaux
Begun:
Launched: 1806
Completed:
Fate: deleted 1826.
1/48th scale model of the Flore, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris
Builder: Rochefort
Begun:
Launched: 1806
Completed:
Fate: wrecked 1811.
Builder: Cherbourg
Begun:
Launched: 1808
Completed:
Fate: burnt 1809.
Builder: Bordeaux
Begun:
Launched: 1808
Completed:
Fate: captured by British Navy 1809.
Builder: Rochefort
Begun:
Launched: 1810
Completed:
Fate: deleted 1821.
Builder: Cherbourg
Begun:
Launched: 1811
Completed:
Fate: captured by British Navy 1814.
Builder: Rochefort
Begun:
Launched: 1811
Completed:
Fate: deleted 1844.
Builder: Bayonne
Begun:
Launched:
Completed:
Fate: never reached launch stage
Builder: Bayonne
Begun:
Launched:
Completed:
Fate: never reached launch stage
Builder: Bayonne
Begun:
Launched:
Completed:
Fate: never reached launch stage
Builder: Bordeaux
Begun:
Launched: 1816
Completed:
Fate:
Builder: Cherbourg
Begun:
Launched: 1817
Completed:
Fate:
Builder: Rochefort
Begun:
Launched: 1823
Completed:
Fate:

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