Gloire-class frigate

The Gloire-class frigate was a type of 18-pounder 40-gun frigate, designed by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait in 1802. They were built on the specifications of the Seine-class frigate Pensée (sometimes also called Junon class).

Class overview
Name	Gloire class
Operators	French Navy Royal Navy
Preceded by	Uranie class
Succeeded by	Consolante class
Planned	7
Completed	7
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Tons burthen	1148 bm
Length	46 metres (151 ft)
Beam	12 metres (39 ft)
Draught	7 metres (23 ft)
Complement	330 men
Armament	40 guns: Battery: 28 × 18-pounder long guns Quarterdeck and forecastle: 12 × 8-pounder long guns
Armour	Timber

Ships in class

• Gloire

Builder: Basse-Indre

Ordered:

Launched: 20 July 1803

Completed:

Fate: captured by the British Navy 1806, becoming HMS Gloire.

• Président

Builder: Basse-Indre

Ordered:

Launched: 4 June 1804

Completed:

Fate: captured by the British Navy 1806, becoming HMS President.

• Topaze

Builder: Basse-Indre

Ordered:

Launched: 1 March 1805

Completed:

Fate: captured by the British Navy 1809, becoming HMS Alcmene.

• Vénus

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered:

Launched: 5 April 1806

Completed:

Fate: captured by the British Navy 1810, becoming HMS Nereide.

• Junon

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered:

Launched: 16 August 1806

Completed:

Fate: captured by the British Navy 1809, becoming HMS Junon.

• Calypso

Builder: Lorient

Ordered:

Launched: 9 January 1807

Completed:

Fate: severely damaged 1809, sold 1813 or 1814.

• Amazone

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered:

Launched: 20 July 1807

Completed:

Fate: burnt by the Royal Navy 1811.

References

Bibliography

• 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.
• Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792, Seaforth Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.