Armide-class frigate
The Armide class was a type of 40-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Pierre Roland. A highly detailed and accurate model of Flore, one of the units of the class, is on display at Paris naval museum, originally part of the Trianon model collection.
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Class overview | |
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Name: | Armide class |
Builders: | Plans by Pierre Roland |
Operators: |
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Preceded by: | Preneuse class |
Succeeded by: | Carrère class |
In commission: | 1804 - 1823 |
Planned: | 15 |
Building: | 15 |
Completed: | 12 |
Cancelled: | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Frigate |
Displacement: | 1330 tonnes |
Length: | 47 m (154 ft) |
Beam: | 12 m (39 ft) |
Draught: | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
Propulsion: | Sail |
Armament: |
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Armour: | Timber |
Vessels in class
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 1804
- Completed:
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1806.
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 1805
- Completed:
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1806.
- Builder: Bordeaux
- Begun:
- Launched: 1806
- Completed:
- Fate: deleted 1826.
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 1806
- Completed:
- Fate: wrecked 1811.
- Builder: Cherbourg
- Begun:
- Launched: 1808
- Completed:
- Fate: burnt 1809.
- Niémen
- Builder: Bordeaux
- Begun:
- Launched: 1808
- Completed:
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1809.
- Saale
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 1810
- Completed:
- Fate: deleted 1821.
- Alcmène
- Builder: Cherbourg
- Begun:
- Launched: 1811
- Completed:
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1814.
- Circé
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 1811
- Completed:
- Fate: deleted 1844.
- Androméde
- Builder: Bayonne
- Begun:
- Launched:
- Completed:
- Fate: never reached launch stage
- Emeraude
- Builder: Bayonne
- Begun:
- Launched:
- Completed:
- Fate: never reached launch stage
- Cornélie
- Builder: Bayonne
- Begun:
- Launched:
- Completed:
- Fate: never reached launch stage
- Antigone
- Builder: Bordeaux
- Begun:
- Launched: 1816
- Completed:
- Fate:
- Cléopatre
- Builder: Cherbourg
- Begun:
- Launched: 1817
- Completed:
- Fate:
- Magicienne
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 1823
- Completed:
- Fate:
Sources and references
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671–1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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