Galathée-class frigate

The Galathée class was a type of 32-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran, with 26 × 12-pounder and 6 × 6-pounder guns. six units were built in all, seeing service during the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War, and later in the French Revolutionary Wars. The Royal Navy captured and took into service five of the six, the sixth being wrecked early in the French Revolutionary Wars.

Galathée, drawn in 1781 by François Aimé Louis Dumoulin
Class overview
NameGalathée
BuildersRochefort and Bordeaux
Operators
Completed6
General characteristics
Class and typeGalathée class frigate, 44 guns
Tons burthen600 tonnes
Length44.5 m (146 ft)
Beam12.2 m (40 ft)
Depth of hold5.5 m (18 ft)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament32 guns, later upgraded to 44
Builder: Rochefort
Ordered:
Launched: 1779
Fate: wrecked in 1795
Builder: Bordeaux
Ordered:
Launched: 1779
Fate: sold as a privateer and captured in 1804 by the Royal Navy. Taken into British service as HMS Antigua.
Builder: Rochefort
Ordered:
Launched: 1785
Fate: renamed to Pique, captured by the Royal Navy and taken into British service as HMS Pique in 1796
Builder: Rochefort
Ordered:
Launched: 1793
Fate: renamed Tribune in February 1794, captured by British Navy in 1796 and taken into British service as HMS Tribune, being wrecked the next year
Builder: Bordeaux
Ordered:
Launched: 1794
Fate: renamed Renommée in 1795; captured by British Navy in 1796, becoming HMS Renommee. Broken up 1810
Builder: Pierre Guibert, Bordeaux
Ordered:
Launched: 1794
Fate: Renamed Décade in 1795; captured by British navy in 1798, becoming HMS Decade. Sold 1811

References

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  • Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042