Magicienne class frigate

The Magicienne class was a type of twelve 32-gun frigates of the French Navy, each with a main battery of 26 x 12-pounder long guns, and with 6 x 6-pounders on the quarterdeck and forecastle. They were designed by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb.

Magicienne

Builder: ToulonOrdered: 7 February 1777Begun: March 1777Launched: 1 August 1778Completed: October 1778Fate: captured by British Navy off Boston on 2 July 1781 and added to the British Navy.

Précieuse

Builder: ToulonOrdered: 7 February 1777Begun: March (or August?) 1777Launched: 22 August 1778Completed: November 1778Fate: out of service in January 1804; broken up in July 1816.

Sérieuse

Builder: ToulonOrdered: 28 August 1778Begun: March 1779Launched: 28 August 1779Completed: October 1779Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir on 1 August 1798

Lutine

Builder: ToulonOrdered: 23 October 1778Begun: March 1779Launched: 11 September 1779Completed: November 1779Fate: captured by British Navy in August 1793, and added to the British Navy - wrecked on 9 October 1799, her ship's bell was salvaged and still hangs in Lloyd's of London.

Vestale

Builder: ToulonOrdered: 20 April 1780Begun: May 1780Launched: 14 October 1780Completed: February 1781Fate: captured by British Navy off Bordeaux on 19 August 1799.

Alceste

Builder: ToulonOrdered: 20 April 1780Begun: May 1780Launched: 28 October 1780Completed: February 1781Fate: captured on 29 August 1793 by British Navy at Toulon, but retaken by the French Boudeuse on 8 June 1794, then captured again on 18 June 1799.

Iris

Builder: ToulonOrdered:Begun: May 1781Launched: 29 October 1781Completed: March 1782Fate: captured in August 1793 by British Navy at Toulon, but burnt on 18 December 1793 during the evacuation.

Réunion

Builder: ToulonOrdered:Begun: February 1785Launched: 23 February 1786Completed: January 1787Fate: captured by British Navy off Cherbourg on 18 October 1793, and added to the British Navy.

Modeste

Builder: ToulonOrdered:Begun: February 1785Launched: 18 March 1786Completed: January 1787Fate: captured by British Navy at Genoa on 7 October 1793, and added to the British Navy.

Sensible

Builder: ToulonOrdered: 23 January 1786Begun: February 1786Launched: 29 August 1787Completed: March 1788Fate: captured by British Navy off Malta on 28 June 1798, and added to the British Navy.

Topaze

Builder: ToulonOrdered: 14 March 1789Begun: August 1789Launched: 26 September 1790Completed: February 1791Fate: captured by British Navy at Toulon on 29 August 1793, and added to the British Navy.

Artémise

Builder: ToulonOrdered:Begun: end 1791Launched: 25 September 1794Completed: November 1794Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir on 2 August 1798