Sibylle class frigate

The Sibylle class was a class of five 32-gun sail frigates designed by Jacques-Noël Sané and built for the French Navy in the late 1770s. They carried 26 x 12-pounder guns on the upper deck and 6 x 8-pounder guns on the forecastle and quarter deck.

Sibylle

Builder: BrestBegun: April 1777Launched: 1 September 1777Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy in February 1783, broken up in 1784

Néréide

Builder: Saint MaloBegun: October 1778Launched: 31 May 1779Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy in December 1797, becoming HMS Nereide; retaken by the French Navy in August 1810, but destroyed at the Battle of Grand Port in December 1810.

Fine

Builder: NantesBegun: October 1778Launched: 11 August 1779Fate: Wrecked in Chesapeake Bay in November 1793.

Diane

Builder: Saint MaloBegun: December 1778Launched: 18 January 1779Fate: Lost in a tempest on 17 March 1780 off St Lucia

Émeraude

Builder: NantesBegun: December 1778Launched: 25 October 1779Fate: Broken up in 1797.