Armide class frigate
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The Armide class was a type of 40-gun frigates of the French Navy
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
, designed by Pierre Roland. A highly detailed and accurate model of Flore
French frigate Flore (1806)
The Flore was a 44-gun Armide class frigate of the French Navy.In 1808, she was part of Ganteaume's squadron that cruised in the Mediterranean....
is on display at Paris naval museum
Musée national de la Marine
The Musée national de la Marine is a maritime museum located in the Palais de Chaillot, Trocadéro, in the XVIe arrondissement of Paris. It has annexes at Brest, Port-Louis, Rochefort , Toulon and Saint-Tropez...
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- Armide
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 1804
- Completed:
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1806.
- MinerveHMS Alceste (1806)The Minerve was a 38-gun Armide class frigate of the French Navy, captured by the British in 1806 and brought into Royal Navy service as HMS Alceste. She was wrecked in 1817.-French service:...
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 1805
- Completed:
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1806.
- Pénélope
- Builder: Bordeaux
- Begun:
- Launched: 1806
- Completed:
- Fate: deleted 1826.
- FloreFrench frigate Flore (1806)The Flore was a 44-gun Armide class frigate of the French Navy.In 1808, she was part of Ganteaume's squadron that cruised in the Mediterranean....
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 1806
- Completed:
- Fate: wrecked 1811.
- AmphitriteFrench frigate Amphitrite (1808)The Amphitrite was a 44-gun Armide class frigate of the French Navy.Amphitrite, under frigate captain Trobriand, departed Cherbourg for Martinique on 10 November 1808, along with Vénus, Junon, Cygne and Papillon, under contre-amiral Hamelin...
- Builder: Cherbourg
- Begun:
- Launched: 1808
- Completed:
- Fate: burnt 1809.
- Niémen
- Builder: Bordeaux
- Begun:
- Launched: 1808
- Completed:
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1809.
- Saale
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 1810
- Completed:
- Fate: deleted 1821.
- Alcmène
- Builder: Cherbourg
- Begun:
- Launched: 1811
- Completed:
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1814.
- Circé
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 1811
- Completed:
- Fate: deleted 1844.
- Androméde
- Builder: Bayonne
- Begun:
- Launched:
- Completed:
- Fate: never reached launch stage
- Emeraude
- Builder: Bayonne
- Begun:
- Launched:
- Completed:
- Fate: never reached launch stage
- Cornélie
- Builder: Bayonne
- Begun:
- Launched:
- Completed:
- Fate: never reached launch stage
- Antigone
- Builder: Bordeaux
- Begun:
- Launched: 1816
- Completed:
- Fate:
- Cléopatre
- Builder: Cherbourg
- Begun:
- Launched: 1817
- Completed:
- Fate:
- Magicienne
- Builder: Rochefort
- Begun:
- Launched: 1823
- Completed:
- Fate: