French frigate Nymphe (1782)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Nymphe.

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
France
Name	Nymphe
Namesake	Nymph
Ordered	5 December 1781
Builder	Brest
Laid down	December 1781
Launched	30 May 1782
In service	August 1782
Fate	Wrecked at Noirmoutier
General characteristics
Class and type	Nymphe-class frigate
Displacement	750 tonnes
Length	46.9 m (153 ft 10 in)
Beam	11.9 m (39 ft 1 in)
Height	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship

Career

In January 1783, Nymphe was in the Caribbean, with Concorde. On 7, they captured the corvette HMS Raven. On 17 February of the same year, Nymphe was with the 32-gun Amphitrite when she captured the 44-gun HMS Argo.

On 20 January 1785, Nymphe arrived at Brest, ferrying Lafayette.

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.

In July 1793, Nymphe was brought into active again under Lieutenant Pitot to fight the Chouan royalist insurgency.

Fate

On 30 December 1793, Nymphe was wrecked while battling Chouan coastal artillery near Noirmoutier.

Bibliography

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.