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Félicité class frigate

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Name
  
Félicité

Preceded by
  
Vénus class

Completed
  
4

Operators
  
French Navy

Succeeded by
  
Sémillante class

Class and type
  
Félicité class frigate

The Félicité class was a type of (12-pounder-armed) 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait (as approved by Léon-Michel Guignace). This was the first class of 12-pounder armed frigate to be designed and built in France following the end of the War for American Independence.

  • Félicité
  • Builder: Brest Dockyard Laid down: 1 January 1785 Launched: 4 August 1785 Completed: 28 August 1785 Fate: captured by British Navy in the Caribbean on 18 June 1809, sold to Haiti and commissioned as the Améthyste, defected 1812 to Haitian rebels and renamed Heureuse Réunion, retaken by British frigate HMS Southampton on 3 February 1812, returned to Haiti, resuming name Améthyste sold 1818.
  • Calypso
  • Builder: Brest Dockyard Laid down: 4 July 1785 Launched: 2 December 1785 Completed: January 1786 Fate: defected to the Spanish at Trinidad in January 1793.
  • Fidèle
  • Builder: Le Havre Laid down: October 1788 Launched: 22 July 1789 Completed: September 1789 Fate: condemned October 1802 at Brest anf hulked in May 1804, probably demolished 1813.
  • Fortunée
  • Builder: Le Havre Laid down: 5 December 1789 Launched: 28 September 1791 Completed: May 1792 Fate: burnt in February 1794 at Corsica to avoid capture.

    References

    Félicité-class frigate Wikipedia