Virginie class frigate

The Virginie class was a class of ten 40-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1793 by Jacques-Noël Sané. An eleventh vessel (Zephyr) begun in 1794 was never completed.

Virginie

Builder: BrestBegun: November 1793Launched: 26 July 1794Completed: December 1794Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 22 April 1796, becoming HMS Virginie.

Courageuse

Builder: BrestBegun: December 1793Launched: early August 1794Completed: December 1794Fate: Renamed Justice April 1795. Captured by the British Navy in September 1801, but not added to Royal Navy; instead, handed over to the Turkish Navy.

Harmonie

Builder: BordeauxBegun: May 1794Launched: early 1796Completed: May 1796Fate: Beached and burnt to avoid capture by the British Navy in April 1797.

Volontaire

Builder: BordeauxBegun: September 1794Launched: 7 June 1796Completed: 1796Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 4 March 1806, becoming HMS Volontaire.

Cornélie

Builder: BrestBegun: March 1794Launched: 19 September 1796Completed: April 1798Fate: Captured by the Spanish Navy in June 1808, becoming Spanish Cornelia.

Zéphyr

Builder: BrestBegun: March 1794Fate: Construction abandoned in April 1804 (never launched).

Didon

Builder: Saint MaloBegun: September 1796Launched: 1 August 1799Completed: September 1800Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 10 August 1805, becoming HMS Didon.

Atalante

Builder: Saint MaloBegun: September 1799Launched: 29 June 1802Completed: July 1802Fate: Wrecked in November 1805.

Rhin

Builder: ToulonBegun: June 1801Launched: 15 April 1802Completed: October 1802Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 27 July 1806, becoming HMS Rhin.

Belle Poule

Builder: Basse-IndreBegun: June 1801Launched: 17 April 1802Completed: September 1802Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 13 March 1806, becoming HMS Belle Poule.

Surveillante

Builder: Basse-IndreBegun: July 1801Launched: 29 May 1802Completed: December 1802Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 30 November 1803, becoming HMS Surveillante.