Name Galathée Laid down January 1778 Class and type Galathée class frigate Construction started January 1778 Length 44 m Builder Rochefort | Namesake Galatea Fate ran aground 1795 Beam 12.2 m (40 ft) Launched 28 June 1779 Tons burthen 600,000 kg | |
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The Galathée was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
Galathée took part in the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War, taking part to the capture of Sint Eustatius and to the Battle of the Saintes.
In the summer of 1791, under Major de vaisseau Joseph de Cambis, she ferryied civilian commissaries to Santo Domingo. During the French Revolution, she took part in the Combat du 13 prairial, where she took Terrible in tow, under fire, preventing her capture by the British.
On 14 July 1794 she and Seine captured the 16-gun sloop-of-war HMS Hound in the Atlantic.
In the night of 23 to 24 April 1795, Galathée ran aground off Penmarch, becoming a total loss.
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