Magicienne class frigate
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The Magicienne class was a type of twelve 32-gun frigates of the French Navy
. They were designed by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb.
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...
. They were designed by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb.
- MagicienneFrench frigate Magicienne (1778)The Magicienne was a frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. The British captured her in 1781 and she served with the Royal Navy until her crew burned her in 1810 to prevent her capture after she grounded at Île de France...
- Builder: ToulonToulonToulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
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- Launched: 1778
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1781
- Précieuse
- Builder: ToulonToulonToulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
- Ordered: 7 February 1777
- Launched: 1778
- Fate: broken up in 1816
- SérieuseFrench frigate Sérieuse (1779)The Sérieuse was a Magicienne class frigate of the French Navy.In 1781, she ferried soldiers after the Invasion of Minorca.She was at Toulon when the British captured the city...
- Builder: ToulonToulonToulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1779
- Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir, 1798
- Lutine
- Builder: ToulonToulonToulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
- Ordered: 23 October 1778
- Launched: 11 September 1779
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1793 - wrecked 1799, her ship's bell was salvaged and still hangs in Lloyd's of LondonLloyd's of LondonLloyd's, also known as Lloyd's of London, is a British insurance and reinsurance market. It serves as a partially mutualised marketplace where multiple financial backers, underwriters, or members, whether individuals or corporations, come together to pool and spread risk...
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- Vestale
- Builder: ToulonToulonToulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1780
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1799.
- AlcesteFrench frigate Alceste (1780)The Alceste was a Magicienne class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1780, seized by the British at the Siege of Toulon and transefered to the Kingdom of Sardinia, retaken by the French a year later, and eventually captured by the Royal Navy at the Action of 18 June 1799.At the outbreak of...
- Builder: ToulonToulonToulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1780
- Fate: captured 1793 by British Navy but retaken by the French BoudeuseFrench frigate La Boudeuse (1766)The Boudeuse was a frigate of the French Navy, famous for being the exploration ship of Louis Antoine de Bougainville between 1766 and 1769.- First French circumnavigation :...
on 8 June 1794 , then captured again in 1799.
- Iris
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- Launched: 1781
- Fate: burnt 1793.
- Réunion
- Builder: ToulonToulonToulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1786
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1793.
- Modeste
- Builder: ToulonToulonToulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
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- Launched: 1786
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1793.
- Sensible
- Builder: ToulonToulonToulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1787
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1798.
- Topaze
- Builder: ToulonToulonToulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1790
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1793.
- ArtémiseFrench frigate Artémise (1794)The Artémise was a Magicienne class frigate of the French Navy.She was under construction as Aurore in Toulon when the British seized the city...
- Builder: ToulonToulonToulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1794)
- Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir, 1798