Galathée class frigate

The Galathée class was a type of 32-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran, with 26 × 12-pounder and 6 × 6-pounder guns. six units were built in all, seeing service during the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War, and later in the French Revolutionary Wars. The Royal Navy captured and took into service five of the six, the sixth being wrecked early in the French Revolutionary Wars.

Galathée

Builder: RochefortOrdered:Launched: 1779Fate: wrecked in 1795

Railleuse

Builder: BordeauxOrdered:Launched: 1779Fate: sold as a privateer and captured in 1804 by the Royal Navy. Taken into British service as HMS Antigua.

Fleur de Lys

Builder: RochefortOrdered:Launched: 1785Fate: renamed to Pique, captured by the Royal Navy and taken into British service as HMS Pique in 1796

Charente Inférieure

Builder: RochefortOrdered:Launched: 1793Fate: renamed Tribune in February 1794, captured by British Navy in 1796 and taken into British service as HMS Tribune, being wrecked the next year

Républicaine française

Builder: BordeauxOrdered:Launched: 1794Fate: renamed Renommée in 1795; captured by British Navy in 1796, becoming HMS Renommee. Broken up 1810

Décade Française

Builder: Pierre Guibert, BordeauxOrdered:Launched: 1794Fate: Renamed Décade in 1795; captured by British navy in 1798, becoming HMS Decade. Sold 1811