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Armide-class frigate


The Armide class was a class of 44-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.

Portrait of Pénélope by François-Geoffroi Roux
Class overview
NameArmide class
BuildersPlans by Pierre Roland
Operators French Navy
Preceded byPreneuse class
Succeeded byCarrère class
In commission1804 - 1823
Planned15
Building15
Completed12
Cancelled3
General characteristics
Class and typeFrigate
Displacement1330 tonnes
Length47 m (154 ft)
Beam12 m (39 ft)
Draught5.5 m (18 ft)
PropulsionSail
Armament
  • 44 guns:
  • 28 18-pounders
  • 16 8-pounders
  • 2 6-pounders
  • 2 36-pounder carronades
ArmourTimber

Vessels in class edit

Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
Begun: 16 November 1802
Launched: 24 April 1804
Completed: May 1804
Fate: captured by British Navy, 25 September 1806.
Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
Begun: 11 May 1804
Launched: 9 September 1805
Completed: November 1805
Fate: captured by British Navy, 25 September 1806.
Builder: Bordeaux
Begun: 12 February 1804
Launched: 28 October 1806
Completed: January 1807
Fate: broken up, after November 1829.
 
1/48 scale model of Flore, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris
Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
Begun: 1 July 1804
Launched: 11 November 1806
Completed: March 1807
Fate: wrecked, 1811.
Builder: Cherbourg Dockyard
Begun: August 1806
Launched: 11 April 1808
Completed: July 1808
Fate: burnt, 3 February 1809, to avoid capture.
Builder: Bordeaux
Begun: May 1807
Launched: 8 November 1808
Completed: January 1809
Fate: captured by British Navy, 6 April 1809.
  • Saale (ex Andromède)
Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
Begun: 10 December 1806
Launched: 28 October 1810
Completed: February 1811
Fate: deleted, 1821 and broken up.
  • Alcmène
Builder: Cherbourg Dockyard
Begun: 4 July 1810
Launched: 3 October 1811
Completed: March 1812
Fate: captured by British Navy, 16 January 1814.
  • Circé
Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
Begun: February 1810
Launched: 15 December 1811
Completed: March 1812
Fate: deleted, 1844 and broken up.
  • Androméde
Builder: Bayonne
Begun: 22 June 1808
Launched: not launched
Completed: cancelled April 1811
Fate: never reached launch stage.
  • Emeraude
Builder: Bayonne
Begun: 22 June 1808
Launched: not launched
Completed: cancelled April 1811
Fate: never reached launch stage.
  • Cornélie
Builder: Bordeaux
Begun: January 1812
Launched: capsized on stocks 10 March 1814
Completed:
Fate: never reached launch stage.
  • Antigone
Builder: Bordeaux
Begun: January 1812
Launched: 13 March 1816
Completed: May 1816
Fate: Deleted 3 August 1828 and hulked
  • Cléopatre
Builder: Cherbourg Dockyard
Begun: 10 March 1812
Launched: 1 April 1817
Completed: June 1817
Fate: Deleted 30 September 1823 and broken up
  • Magicienne
Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
Begun: January 1813
Launched: 11 April 1823
Completed:May 1823
Fate: Wrecked 29 November 1840 in the Philippines

Sources and references edit

  • 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.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786—1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.

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