French frigate Nymphe (1782)
Nymphe was a 40-gun Nymphe-class frigate of the French Navy.
 Battle between the French frigates Nymphe, Amphitrite, and the 44-gun two-decker HMS Argo, 17 February 1783, by Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy. | |
| History | |
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| Name: | Nymphe |
| Namesake: | Nymphe |
| Ordered: | 5 December 1781[1] |
| Builder: | Brest |
| Laid down: | December 1781[1] |
| Launched: | 30 May 1782[1] |
| In service: | August 1782[1] |
| Fate: | Wrecked at Noirmoutier |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Nymphe-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 750 tonnes |
| Length: | 46.9 metres |
| Beam: | 11.9 metres |
| Height: | 5.8 metres |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
Career
In January 1783, Nymphe was in the Caribbean, with Concorde. On 7, they captured the corvette HMSRaven. On 17 February of the same year, Nymphe was with the 32-gun Amphitrite when she captured the 44-gun HMS Argo.[1]
On 20 January 1785, Nymphe arrived at Brest, ferrying Lafayette.[1]
In July 1792, she was under Coëtnempren de Kerdournan. Along with Dromadaire and Curieux, she sailed to Cayenne to ferry troops, as well as the new governor, Frédéric Joseph Guillot. She then returned to Lorient and was put in the ordinary.[1]
In July 1793, Nymphe was brought into active again under Lieutenant Pitot to fight the Chouan royalist insurgency.[1]
Fate
On 30 December 1793, Nymphe was wrecked while battling Chouan coastal artillery near Noirmoutier.[1]
Notes and references
References
- Roche (2005), p. 331.
Bibliography
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.