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
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Armide class |
| Builders | Plans by Pierre Roland |
| Operators |  French Navy |
| 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
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.
- 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.