Armide-class frigate
The Armide class was a class of 44-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Pierre Roland. A highly detailed and accurate model of Flore, one of the units of the class, is on display at Paris naval museum, originally part of the Trianon model collection.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Armide class |
Builders | Plans by Pierre Roland |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Preneuse class |
Succeeded by | Carrère class |
In commission | 1804 - 1823 |
Planned | 15 |
Building | 15 |
Completed | 12 |
Cancelled | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Frigate |
Displacement | 1330 tonnes |
Length | 47 m (154 ft) |
Beam | 12 m (39 ft) |
Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Armament |
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Armour | Timber |
Vessels in class
- Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
- Begun: 16 November 1802
- Launched: 24 April 1804
- Completed: May 1804
- Fate: captured by British Navy, 25 September 1806.
- Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
- Begun: 11 May 1804
- Launched: 9 September 1805
- Completed: November 1805
- Fate: captured by British Navy, 25 September 1806.
- Builder: Bordeaux
- Begun: 12 February 1804
- Launched: 28 October 1806
- Completed: January 1807
- Fate: broken up, after November 1829.

1/48 scale model of Flore, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris
- Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
- Begun: 1 July 1804
- Launched: 11 November 1806
- Completed: March 1807
- Fate: wrecked, 1811.
- Builder: Cherbourg Dockyard
- Begun: August 1806
- Launched: 11 April 1808
- Completed: July 1808
- Fate: burnt, 3 February 1809, to avoid capture.
- Builder: Bordeaux
- Begun: May 1807
- Launched: 8 November 1808
- Completed: January 1809
- Fate: captured by British Navy, 6 April 1809.
- Saale (ex Andromède)
- Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
- Begun: 10 December 1806
- Launched: 28 October 1810
- Completed: February 1811
- Fate: deleted, 1821 and broken up.
- Alcmène
- Builder: Cherbourg Dockyard
- Begun: 4 July 1810
- Launched: 3 October 1811
- Completed: March 1812
- Fate: captured by British Navy, 16 January 1814.
- Circé
- Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
- Begun: February 1810
- Launched: 15 December 1811
- Completed: March 1812
- Fate: deleted, 1844 and broken up.
- Androméde
- Builder: Bayonne
- Begun: 22 June 1808
- Launched: not launched
- Completed: cancelled April 1811
- Fate: never reached launch stage.
- Emeraude
- Builder: Bayonne
- Begun: 22 June 1808
- Launched: not launched
- Completed: cancelled April 1811
- Fate: never reached launch stage.
- Cornélie
- Builder: Bordeaux
- Begun: January 1812
- Launched: capsized on stocks 10 March 1814
- Completed:
- Fate: never reached launch stage.
- Antigone
- Builder: Bordeaux
- Begun: January 1812
- Launched: 13 March 1816
- Completed: May 1816
- Fate: Deleted 3 August 1828 and hulked
- Cléopatre
- Builder: Cherbourg Dockyard
- Begun: 10 March 1812
- Launched: 1 April 1817
- Completed: June 1817
- Fate: Deleted 30 September 1823 and broken up
- Magicienne
- Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
- Begun: January 1813
- Launched: 11 April 1823
- Completed:May 1823
- Fate: Wrecked 29 November 1840 in the Philippines
Sources and references
- 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.
- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786—1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.
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