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Pallas class frigate (1808)

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Name
  
Pallas

Preceded by
  
Hortense class

Planned
  
59

Operators
  
French Navy

Subclasses
  
Ariane

Completed
  
54

Pallas-class frigate (1808)

The Pallas class constituted the standard design of 40-gun frigates of the French Navy during the Napoleonic Empire period. Jacques-Noël Sané designed them in 1805, as a development of his seven-ship Hortense class of 1802, and the French government ordered in total 62 frigates to this new design. Of these some 54 were completed, although ten of these were begun for the French Navy in shipyards within the Netherlands or Italy, which were then under French occupation; they were completed for the Netherlands or Austrian navies after 1813.

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Ships launched in 1808 (7)

  • Pallas
    • Builder: Basse-IndreOrdered: 26 March 1805Launched: 9 April 1808Fate: Stricken November 1821 at Brest, and broken up 1824
  • Elbe
    • Builder: Basse-IndreOrdered: 26 March 1805 as Aréthuse, renamed Elbe May 1807Launched: 23 May 1808Fate: Renamed Calypso August 1814. Condemned 1825 and taken to pieces c.1841.
  • Amélie
    • Builder: ToulonOrdered: 10 October 1807Launched: 21 July 1808Fate: Renamed Junon April 1814. Condemned 1842.
  • Clorinde
    • Builder: PaimboeufOrdered: 19 July 1806Launched: 8 August 1808Fate: Captured by the British Navy in February 1814, becoming HMS Aurora.
  • Renommée
    • Builder: Basse-IndreOrdered: 26 March 1805Launched: 20 August 1808Fate: Captured by the British Navy in May 1811, becoming HMS Java; later captured by US Navy in December 1812.
  • Élisa
    • Builder: Le HavreOrdered: 20 May 1806Launched: 22 September 1810Fate: Wrecked in December 1810
  • Favorita
    • Note – Favorita was completed for the Napoleonic Italian Navy, but transferred to the French Navy in April 1810.Builder: VeniceOrdered: 1806Launched: 4 October 1810Fate: Renamed Favorite in April 1810 (on transfer). Burnt at Battle of Lissa March 1811.

    Ships launched in 1809 (3)

  • Astrée
    • Builder: CherbourgOrdered: 1808Launched: May 1809Fate: Captured by the British Navy in December 1810, becoming HMS Pomone.
  • Fidèle
    • Builder: Vlissingen (Flushing)Ordered: 14 August 1806Launched: June 1809Fate: Captured by the British Navy in August 1809, becoming HMS Laurel.
  • Adrienne
    • Builder: ToulonOrdered: 10 October 1807Launched: 15 August 1810Fate: Renamed Aurore in April 1814, then Dauphine in September 1829 and Aurore again in August 1830. Converted to a transport 1841.

    Ships launched in 1810 (4)

  • Nymphe
    • Builder: Basse-IndreOrdered: 25 April 1807Launched: 1 May 1810Fate: Converted to a breakwater 1832
  • Iphigénie
    • Builder: CherbourgOrdered: 1809Launched: 20 May 1810Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy in January 1814, becoming first HMS Palma and then HMS Gloire. before being sold in 1817.
  • Méduse
    • Builder: PaimboeufOrdered: 11 March 1807Launched: 1 July 1810Fate: Wrecked in July 1816.
  • Prégel
    • Builder: Saint MaloOrdered: 1807Launched: 30 October 1810Fate: Renamed Eurydice August 1814. Deleted 1825.

    Ships launched in 1811 (9)

  • Ariane
    • Builder: Basse-IndreOrdered: 25 April 1807Launched: 7 April 1811Fate: Burnt to avoid capture in the Action of 22 May 1812.
  • Médée
    • Builder: GenoaOrdered: 1808Launched: 5 May 1811Fate: Hulked 1849. Renamed Muiron 1850. Burnt 1882.
  • Andromaque
    • Builder: Basse-IndreOrdered: 10 November 1808Launched: 21 May 1811Fate: Sunk in the Action of 22 May 1812.
  • IJssel
    • Builder: AmsterdamOrdered:Launched: May 1811Fate: Transferred to Netherlands 1814.
  • Carolina
    • Builder: NaplesOrdered: 1807Launched: 16 June 1811Fate: Transferred to the Neapolitan Navy in December 1813.
  • Princesse de Bologne
    • Builder: VeniceOrdered:Launched: 5 September 1811Fate: Transferred to the Austrian Navy in April 1814, becoming their Lipsia.
  • Gloire
    • Builder: Le HavreOrdered: 26 December 1808Launched: 3 November 1811Fate: Condemned 1822.
  • Illyrienne
    • Builder: Saint MaloOrdered: 26 December 1808Launched: 13 November 1811Fate: Renamed Hermione 30 August 1814; stricken 14 April 1841.
  • Meuse
    • Builder: AmsterdamOrdered: 1810 as Alcide, renamed September 1810 before being laid downLaunched: 17 December 1811Fate: Transferred to the Netherlands Navy in May 1814, becoming their Maas.

    Ships launched in 1812 (14)

  • Terpsichore
    • Builder: AntwerpOrdered: 1810Launched: 26 February 1812Fate: Captured by the fourth rate HMS Majestic in February 1814, becoming HMS Modeste; she was broken up in 1816
  • Érigone
    • Builder: AntwerpOrdered: 1810Launched: 25 March 1812
  • Aréthuse
    • Builder: PaimboeufOrdered: 26 December 1808Launched: 11 April 1812Fate: Converted to a 28-gun corvette 1833-1834. Stricken 1851 and broken up after 1865.
  • Galatée
    • Builder: GenoaOrdered: 1808Launched: 3 May 1812Fate: Stricken at Toulon 6 May 1837.
  • Jahde
    • Builder: RotterdamOrdered:Launched: 9 May 1812
  • Trave
    • Builder: AmsterdamOrdered:Launched: 12 May 1812
  • Weser
    • Builder: AmsterdamOrdered:Launched: 12 May 1812
  • Melpomène
    • Builder: ToulonOrdered: 18 January 1810Launched: 17 May 1812
  • Rubis
    • Builder: Basse-IndreOrdered: 21 October 1809Launched: 25 May 1812
  • Ems
    • Builder: RotterdamOrdered:Launched: 26 May 1812
  • Atalante
    • Builder: Lorient - CaudanOrdered: 1 July 1809 as Eurydice but renamed 1811Launched: 24 June 1812
  • Cérès
    • Builder: BrestOrdered:Launched: 12 August 1812
  • Piave
    • Builder: VeniceOrdered:Launched: 15 August 1812
  • Dryade
    • Builder: GenoaOrdered: 1811Launched: 4 October 1812

    Ships launched in 1813 (4)

  • Sultane
    • Builder: PaimboeufOrdered: 21 October 1809Launched: 30 May 1813Fate: Captured by the British Navy March 1814, becoming HMS Sultane.
  • Étoile
    • Builder: PaimboeufOrdered: 21 October 1810 as Hyménée, but renamed before being laid down.Launched: 28 July 1813Fate: Captured by the British Navy in March 1814, becoming HMS Topaze.
  • Rancune
    • Builder: ToulonOrdered: 20 February 1812Launched: 30 September 1813Fate: Renamed Néréide about August 1814. Condemned 1825.
  • Amphitrite
    • Builder: VeniceOrdered:Launched: October 1813Fate: Still incomplete in April 1814 when Venice was captured by the Austrians. Then renamed Anfitrite and later Augusta in the Austrian Navy.

    Ships launched in 1814 (3)

    As noted below, all three vessels launched in 1814 were never added to the French Navy, as they were completed for the Dutch after the liberation of the Netherlands.

  • Amstel
    • Builder: RotterdamOrdered:Launched: 13 September 1814Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Amster.
  • Ambitieuse
    • Builder: AmsterdamOrdered:Launched: November 1814Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Koningen, later Wilhelmina.
  • Immortelle
    • Builder: AmsterdamOrdered:Launched: November 1814Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina.

    Ships launched after 1814 (12)

    Six of the following were completed for the French Navy after the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy; the other six, laid down in Rotterdam and Venice while those cities were under French control, were completed for the Netherlands and Austrian Navies respectively.

  • Cybèle
    • Builder: Le HavreOrdered: 1810Launched: 11 April 1815Fate: Completed 1816. Hulked 1850 as Remise.
  • Duchesse de Berry
    • Builder: Lorient - CaudanOrdered: 1810 as Didon, renamed at launch.Launched: 25 August 1816Fate: Completed 1817. Hulked 1829 and renamed Victoire in August 1830.
  • Vestale
    • Builder: RotterdamOrdered:Launched: October 1816Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1818, becoming their Vestale, later (1828) Rhijn.
  • Fidèle
    • Builder: RotterdamOrdered:Launched: 22 November 1817Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1819, becoming their Schelde.
  • Constance
    • Builder: BrestOrdered:Launched: 2 September 1818Fate: Completed 1823. Hulked 1836.
  • Thétis
    • Builder: ToulonOrdered: 1813Launched: 3 May 1819Fate: Completed 1822. Renamed 1865 as Lanninon.
  • Astrée
    • Builder: Paimboeuf originally, then LorientOrdered: 25 March 1812Launched: 28 April 1820Fate: Completed 1821. Condemned 1842.
  • Hébé
    • Builder: VeniceOrdered:Launched: 1820Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1821, becoming their Ebe.
  • Armide
    • Builder: Paimboeuf originally, then LorientOrdered: 25 March 1812Launched: 1 May 1821Fate: Completed 1823. Renamed 1866 as Entrepot.
  • Moskva
    • Builder: VeniceOrdered:Launched: 1827Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1828, becoming their Medea.
  • Guerrière
    • Builder: VeniceOrdered:Launched: 1829Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1830, becoming their Juno.
  • Vénus
    • Builder: VeniceOrdered:Launched: 1832Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1833, becoming their Venere.

    Ships never launched (i.e. cancelled)

  • Corona
    • Builder: VeniceBegun: August 1812Fate: Construction abandoned April 1814 at the fall of Venice to the Austrians.
  • Inconstante
    • Builder: AntwerpBegun: August 1812Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies.
  • Ruppel
    • Builder: AntwerpBegun: September 1812Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies.
  • Précieuse
    • Builder: AntwerpBegun: September 1812Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies.
  • Istrienne
    • Builder: TriesteBegun: April 1813Fate: Construction abandoned October 1813 at the fall of Trieste to the Austrians.

    References

    Pallas-class frigate (1808) Wikipedia
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