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 over the next eight years the Napoléonic government ordered in total 62 frigates to be built to this new design. Of these some 54 were completed, although ten of them were begun for the French Navy in shipyards within the French-occupied Netherlands or Italy, which were then under French occupation; these latter ships were completed for the Netherlands or Austrian navies after 1813.
Ordered: 21 October 1810 as Hyménée, but renamed before being laid down.
Launched: 28 July 1813
Fate: Captured by the British Navy in March 1814, becoming HMS Topaze.
Rancune
Builder: Toulon
Ordered: 20 February 1812
Launched: 30 September 1813
Fate: Renamed Néréide about August 1814. Condemned 1825.
Amphitrite
Builder: Venice
Ordered:
Launched: October 1813
Fate: 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)edit
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: Rotterdam
Ordered:
Launched: 13 September 1814
Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Amster.
Ambitieuse
Builder: Amsterdam
Ordered:
Launched: November 1814
Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Koningen, later Wilhelmina.
Immortelle
Builder: Amsterdam
Ordered:
Launched: November 1814
Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina.
Ships launched after 1814 (12)edit
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 Havre
Ordered: 1810
Launched: 11 April 1815
Fate: Completed 1816. Hulked 1850 as Remise.
Duchesse de Berry
Builder: Lorient – Caudan
Ordered: 1810 as Didon, renamed at launch.
Launched: 25 August 1816
Fate: Completed 1817. Hulked 1829 and renamed Victoire in August 1830.
Vestale
Builder: Rotterdam
Ordered:
Launched: October 1816
Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1818, becoming their Vestale, later (1828) Rhijn.
Fidèle
Builder: Rotterdam
Ordered:
Launched: 22 November 1817
Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1819, becoming their Schelde.
Alain Demerliac, Nomenclature des navires francais de 1800–1815
Rif Winfield & Stephen S Roberts, French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing, 2015) ISBN978-1-84832-204-2.
January 01, 1970
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Not to be confused with Pallas class frigate This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Pallas class frigate 1808 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message The Pallas class constituted the standard design of 40 gun frigates of the French Navy during the Napoleonic Empire period Jacques Noel Sane designed them in 1805 as a development of his seven ship Hortense class of 1802 and over the next eight years the Napoleonic government ordered in total 62 frigates to be built to this new design Of these some 54 were completed although ten of them were begun for the French Navy in shipyards within the French occupied Netherlands or Italy which were then under French occupation these latter ships were completed for the Netherlands or Austrian navies after 1813 ClorindeClass overview NamePallas Operators French Navy Preceded byHortense class SubclassesAriane 1 full citation needed Planned62 Completed57 Cancelled5 General characteristics Class and typePallas class frigate Displacement1 080 tonnes Length46 93 m 154 ft 0 in Beam11 91 m 39 ft 1 in Draught5 9 m 19 ft 4 in Propulsion1 950 m2 21 000 sq ft of sail Complement326 ArmamentNominally 40 guns In practice carried either 44 or 46 guns Battery 28 18 pounders Quarterdeck amp forecastle 8 8 pounder long guns 8 36 pounder carronades or 12 18 pounder carronades Contents 1 Ships launched in 1807 1 2 Ships launched in 1808 7 3 Ships launched in 1809 3 4 Ships launched in 1810 4 5 Ships launched in 1811 9 6 Ships launched in 1812 14 7 Ships launched in 1813 4 8 Ships launched in 1814 3 9 Ships launched after 1814 12 10 Ships never launched i e cancelled 11 References 11 1 Citations 11 2 ReferencesShips launched in 1807 1 editNote Corona was completed for the Napoleonic Italian Navy but transferred to the French Navy in April 1810 Corona Builder Battistella Venice Ordered 26 March 1805 Laid down 26 December 1806 Launched 27 December 1807 Completed December 1808 Fate Captured by the British Navy at the Battle of Lissa on 13 March 1811 Ships launched in 1808 7 editPallas Builder Mathurin amp Antoine Crucy Basse Indre near Nantes Ordered 26 March 1805 Laid down October 1805 Launched 9 April 1808 Completed June 1808 Fate Stricken 8 November 1821 at Brest and hulked and broken up 1841 Elbe Builder Mathurin amp Antoine Crucy Basse Indre Ordered 26 March 1805 as Arethuse Laid down October 1805 renamed Elbe May 1807 Launched 23 May 1808 Completed July 1809 Fate Renamed Calypso August 1814 Condemned 1825 and taken to pieces c 1841 Amelie Builder Toulon Ordered 10 October 1807 Laid down November 1807 Launched 21 July 1808 Completed January 1809 Fate Renamed Junon April 1814 Condemned 1842 Clorinde Builder Louis amp Michel Louis Crucy Paimboeuf Ordered 19 July 1806 Laid down July 1806 Launched 6 August 1808 Completed March 1809 Fate Captured by the British Navy in February 1814 becoming HMS Aurora Renommee Builder Mathurin amp Antoine Crucy Basse Indre Ordered 26 March 1805 Launched 20 August 1808 Fate Captured by the British Navy in May 1811 becoming HMS Java later captured by US Navy in December 1812 Elisa Builder Le Havre Ordered 20 May 1806 Laid down August 1806 Launched 22 September 1810 Fate Wrecked on 22 December 1810 near Reville Favorita Note Favorita was completed for the Napoleonic Italian Navy but transferred to the French Navy in April 1810 Builder Venice Ordered 1806 Launched 4 October 1810 Fate Renamed Favorite in April 1810 on transfer Burnt at Battle of Lissa March 1811 Ships launched in 1809 3 editAstree Builder Cherbourg Ordered 1808 Launched May 1809 Fate Captured by the British Navy in December 1810 becoming HMS Pomone Fidele Builder Vlissingen Flushing Ordered 14 August 1806 Launched June 1809 Fate Captured by the British Navy in August 1809 becoming HMS Laurel Adrienne Builder Toulon Ordered 10 October 1807 Launched 15 August 1810 Fate 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 editNymphe Builder Mathurin amp Antoine Crucy Basse Indre Ordered 25 April 1807 Launched 1 May 1810 Fate Converted to a breakwater 1832 Iphigenie Builder Cherbourg Ordered 1809 Launched 20 May 1810 Fate Captured by the Royal Navy in January 1814 becoming first HMS Palma and then HMS Gloire before being sold in 1817 Meduse Builder Paimboeuf Ordered 11 March 1807 Launched 1 July 1810 Fate Wrecked in July 1816 Pregel Builder Saint Malo Ordered 1807 Launched 30 October 1810 Fate Renamed Eurydice August 1814 Deleted 1825 Ships launched in 1811 9 editAriane Builder Mathurin amp Antoine Crucy Basse Indre Ordered 25 April 1807 Launched 7 April 1811 Fate Burnt to avoid capture in the action of 22 May 1812 Medee Builder Genoa Ordered 1808 Launched 5 May 1811 Fate Hulked 1849 Renamed Muiron 1850 Burnt 1882 Andromaque Builder Mathurin amp Antoine Crucy Basse Indre Ordered 10 November 1808 Launched 21 May 1811 Fate Sunk in the action of 22 May 1812 IJssel Builder Amsterdam Ordered Launched May 1811 Fate Transferred to Netherlands 1814 Carolina Builder Naples Ordered 1807 Launched 16 June 1811 Fate Transferred to the Neapolitan Navy in December 1813 Princesse de Bologne Builder Venice Ordered Launched 5 September 1811 Fate Transferred to the Austrian Navy in April 1814 becoming their Lipsia Gloire Builder Le Havre Ordered 26 December 1808 Launched 3 November 1811 Fate Condemned 1822 Illyrienne Builder Saint Malo Ordered 26 December 1808 Launched 13 November 1811 Fate Renamed Hermione 30 August 1814 stricken 14 April 1841 Meuse Builder Amsterdam Ordered 1810 as Alcide renamed September 1810 before being laid down Launched 17 December 1811 Fate Transferred to the Netherlands Navy in May 1814 becoming their Maas Ships launched in 1812 14 editTerpsichore Builder Antwerp Ordered 1810 Launched 26 February 1812 Fate Captured by the fourth rate HMS Majestic in February 1814 becoming HMS Modeste she was broken up in 1816 Erigone Builder Antwerp Ordered 1810 Launched 25 March 1812 Arethuse Builder Paimboeuf Ordered 26 December 1808 Launched 11 April 1812 Fate Converted to a 28 gun corvette 1833 1834 Stricken 1851 and broken up after 1865 Galatee Builder Genoa Ordered 1808 Launched 3 May 1812 Fate Stricken at Toulon 6 May 1837 Jahde Builder Rotterdam Ordered Launched 9 May 1812 Trave Builder Amsterdam Ordered Launched 12 May 1812 Weser Builder Amsterdam Ordered Launched 12 May 1812 Melpomene Builder Toulon Ordered 18 January 1810 Launched 17 May 1812 Rubis Builder Mathurin amp Antoine Crucy Basse Indre Ordered 21 October 1809 Launched 25 May 1812 Ems Builder Rotterdam Ordered Launched 26 May 1812 Atalante Builder Lorient Caudan Ordered 1 July 1809 as Eurydice but renamed 1811 Launched 24 June 1812 Ceres Builder Brest Ordered Launched 12 August 1812 Piave Builder Venice Ordered Launched 15 August 1812 Dryade Builder Genoa Ordered 1811 Launched 4 October 1812Ships launched in 1813 4 editSultane Builder Paimboeuf Ordered 21 October 1809 Launched 30 May 1813 Fate Captured by the British Navy March 1814 becoming HMS Sultane Etoile Builder Paimboeuf Ordered 21 October 1810 as Hymenee but renamed before being laid down Launched 28 July 1813 Fate Captured by the British Navy in March 1814 becoming HMS Topaze Rancune Builder Toulon Ordered 20 February 1812 Launched 30 September 1813 Fate Renamed Nereide about August 1814 Condemned 1825 Amphitrite Builder Venice Ordered Launched October 1813 Fate 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 editAs 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 Rotterdam Ordered Launched 13 September 1814 Fate Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816 becoming their Amster Ambitieuse Builder Amsterdam Ordered Launched November 1814 Fate Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816 becoming their Koningen later Wilhelmina Immortelle Builder Amsterdam Ordered Launched November 1814 Fate Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816 becoming their Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina Ships launched after 1814 12 editSix 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 Cybele Builder Le Havre Ordered 1810 Launched 11 April 1815 Fate Completed 1816 Hulked 1850 as Remise Duchesse de Berry Builder Lorient Caudan Ordered 1810 as Didon renamed at launch Launched 25 August 1816 Fate Completed 1817 Hulked 1829 and renamed Victoire in August 1830 Vestale Builder Rotterdam Ordered Launched October 1816 Fate Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1818 becoming their Vestale later 1828 Rhijn Fidele Builder Rotterdam Ordered Launched 22 November 1817 Fate Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1819 becoming their Schelde Constance Builder Brest Ordered Launched 2 September 1818 Fate Completed 1823 Hulked 1836 Thetis Builder Toulon Ordered 1813 Launched 3 May 1819 Fate Completed 1822 Renamed 1865 as Lanninon Astree Builder Paimboeuf originally then Lorient Ordered 25 March 1812 Launched 28 April 1820 Fate Completed 1821 Condemned 1842 Hebe Builder Venice Ordered Launched 1820 Fate Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1821 becoming their Ebe Armide Builder Paimboeuf originally then Lorient Ordered 25 March 1812 Launched 1 May 1821 Fate Completed 1823 Renamed 1866 as Entrepot Moskva Builder Venice Ordered Launched 1827 Fate Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1828 becoming their Medea Guerriere Builder Venice Ordered Launched 1829 Fate Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1830 becoming their Juno Venus Builder Venice Ordered Launched 1832 Fate Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1833 becoming their Venere Ships never launched i e cancelled editCorona Builder Venice Begun August 1812 Fate Construction abandoned April 1814 at the fall of Venice to the Austrians Inconstante Builder Antwerp Begun August 1812 Fate Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies Ruppel Builder Antwerp Begun September 1812 Fate Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies Precieuse Builder Antwerp Begun September 1812 Fate Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies Istrienne Builder Trieste Begun April 1813 Fate Construction abandoned October 1813 at the fall of Trieste to the Austrians References editCitations edit Roche op cit p 331 References edit Alain Demerliac Nomenclature des navires francais de 1800 1815 Rif Winfield amp Stephen S Roberts French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 1861 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