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Armide class frigate

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Name
  
Armide class

Operators
  
French Navy

Succeeded by
  
Carrère class

Builders
  
Plans by Pierre Roland

Preceded by
  
Preneuse class

In commission
  
1804 - 1823

Armide-class frigate

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, originally part of the Trianon model collection.

Vessels in class

  • Armide
    • Builder: Rochefort Begun: Launched: 1804 Completed: Fate: captured by British Navy 1806.
  • Minerve
    • Builder: Rochefort Begun: Launched: 1805 Completed: Fate: captured by British Navy 1806.
  • Pénélope
    • Builder: Bordeaux Begun: Launched: 1806 Completed: Fate: deleted 1826.
  • Flore
    • Builder: Rochefort Begun: Launched: 1806 Completed: Fate: wrecked 1811.
  • Amphitrite
    • Builder: Cherbourg Begun: Launched: 1808 Completed: Fate: burnt 1809.
  • Niémen
    • Builder: Bordeaux Begun: Launched: 1808 Completed: Fate: captured by British Navy 1809.
  • Saale
    • Builder: Rochefort Begun: Launched: 1810 Completed: Fate: deleted 1821.
  • Alcmène
    • Builder: Cherbourg Begun: Launched: 1811 Completed: Fate: captured by British Navy 1814.
  • Circé
    • Builder: Rochefort Begun: Launched: 1811 Completed: Fate: deleted 1844.
  • Androméde
    • Builder: Bayonne Begun: Launched: Completed: Fate: never reached launch stage
  • Emeraude
    • Builder: Bayonne Begun: Launched: Completed: Fate: never reached launch stage
  • Cornélie
    • Builder: Bayonne Begun: Launched: Completed: Fate: never reached launch stage
  • Antigone
    • Builder: Bordeaux Begun: Launched: 1816 Completed: Fate:
  • Cléopatre
    • Builder: Cherbourg Begun: Launched: 1817 Completed: Fate:
  • Magicienne
    • Builder: Rochefort Begun: Launched: 1823 Completed: Fate:

    References

    Armide-class frigate Wikipedia
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