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The Hébé class was a class of six 38-gun frigate

Frigate

A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...

s of the French Navy, designed in 1781 by Jacques-Noël Sané

Jacques-Noël Sané

Jacques-Noël Sané was a French naval engineer, one of the most successful shipbuilders of the Age of Sail.Sané studied under Duhamel du Monceau...

Hébé

Builder: Saint Malo

Begun: December 1781

Launched: 25 June 1782

Completed: August 1782

Fate: captured by British Navy September 1782. The British took her into service and in 1805 renamed her HMS Blonde. Hébé became the model for the British Leda-class frigate

Leda class frigate

The Leda-class frigates, were a successful class of forty-seven British Royal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates. The design of Leda was based on the Sané-designed Hébé, a French Hébé class frigate that the British 44-gun fifth rate HMS Rainbow captured in 1782...

s, the first of which was HMS Leda

HMS Leda (1800)

HMS Leda, launched in 1800, was the lead ship of a successful class of forty-seven British Royal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates. Ledas design was based on the French frigate Hébé, which the British had captured in 1782. HMS Leda, launched in 1800, was the lead ship of a successful class of...

. Hébé, therefore, has the rare distinction of being the model for both a French and a British frigate class.

Vénus
French frigate Vénus (1782)
The Vénus was an 38-gun Hébé class frigate of the French Navy.In the summer of 1782, Vénus operated as a transport between Rochefort and Île de Ré...

Builder: Brest

Begun: November 1781

Launched: 14 July 1782

Completed: October 1782

Fate: wrecked December 1788 in the Indian Ocean

Dryade

Builder: Saint Malo

Begun: 1782

Launched: 3 February 1783

Completed: April 1783

Fate: condemned 1801 and BU

Proserpine

Builder: Brest

Begun: December 1784

Launched: 25 June 1785

Completed: August 1785.

Fate: captured by British Navy June 1796. The British took her into service as HMS Amelia

HMS Amelia (1796)

Proserpine was a 38-gun Hébé-class frigate of the French Navy captured by on 13 June 1796. The Admiralty commissioned Prosperine into the Royal Navy as the fifth rate, HMS Amelia...

Sibylle
French frigate Sibylle (1792)
The Sibylle was an 38-gun Hébé class frigate of the French Navy. She was launched in 1791 at the dockyards in Toulon and placed in service in 1792...

Builder: Toulon

Begun: April 1790

Launched: 30 July 1791

Completed: May 1792

Fate: captured by British Navy June 1794. The British took her into service as HMS Sybille.

Carmagnole

Builder: Brest

Ordered: March 1792

Launched: 21 May 1793

Completed: July 1793

Fate: wrecked at Vlissingen November 1800

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