Nymphe-class frigate
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Nymphe |
| Builders | Brest |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Danaé class |
| Succeeded by | Minerve class |
| Planned | 6[1] |
| Completed | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 750 tonnes |
| Length | 46.9 m (154 ft) |
| Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
| Sail plan | Ship-rigged |
| Complement | 297 |
| Armament |
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The Nymphe class was a class of six 40-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1781 by Pierre-Augustin Lamothe. The prototype (Nymphe) was one of the earliest 18-pounder armed frigates.
- Nymphe (12-pounder armed frigate)
- Builder: Brest
- Begun:
- Launched: 18 August 1777
- Completed:
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1780 and became HMS Nymphe.
- Builder: Brest
- Begun: August 1777
- Launched: 24 December 1777
- Completed: April 1778
- Fate: Scuttled by fire on 22 August 1796
- Builder: Brest
- Begun: August 1779
- Launched: 16 May 1780
- Completed: July 1780
- Fate: Wrecked in the Atlantic in May 1795
- Nymphe (18-pounder armed frigate)
- Builder: Brest
- Begun: December 1781
- Launched: 30 May 1782
- Completed: August 1782
- Fate: Wrecked at Noirmoutier on 30 December 1793.
- Builder: Brest
- Ordered: 4 November 1786
- Begun: September 1785 (before being ordered!)
- Launched: 16 June 1788
- Completed: October 1788
- Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 10 November 1808 off Lorient. The British took her into service as HMS Brune.
- Builder: Brest
- Begun: June 1788
- Launched: 7 July 1789
- Completed: May 1790
- Fate: Wrecked in action 24 February 1809 off Sables d'Olonne.
- Builder: Brest
- Begun: April 1790
- Launched: 25 October 1791
- Completed: February 1793
- Fate: Captured by the British Navy off Brazil on 4 August 1800.
References
- ^ Roche, p.497
- Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792, Seaforth Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.