List of Italian sailing frigates

This is a list of Italian sail frigates of the period 1640–1840:

Venice:

• Cavalier Angelo
• Pallade
• Venere
• Minerva - Wrecked c. 1792
• Brillante 40? - Captured by France 1797 and renamed Montenotte, BU c. 1801
• Bellona - Captured by Austria 1798
• Medusa 40? - Captured by France 1797 and renamed Leoben, captured by Britain 1801
• ? - Captured by France 1797, renamed Muiron
• Carrère - Captured by France 1797
• Palma 40? - Captured by France 1797 and renamed Lonato
• Cerere 40? - Captured by France 1797 and renamed Mantoue, captured by Turkey 1801
• (6 frigates) - Captured and scuttled by France, 1797
• Bellona 32 - Captured by Britain in the Battle of Lissa, 1811, and renamed Dover
• Corona 40 - Captured by Britain in the Battle of Lissa, 1811, and renamed Daedalus
• Carolina 32 - Took part in the Battle of Lissa, 1811

Naples:

• Pallade 40 - Scuttled 1799
• Minerva 40
• Sibilla 40
• Sirena 40
• Aretusa 40
• Leone (?)
• Partenope 36 (1834)
• Regina 50 (1840)

Sardinia:

• San Michele 66 (1841)

Bibliography

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