Armide-class frigate

The Armide class was a type of 40-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.

Portrait of Pénélope by François-Geoffroi Roux
Class overview
NameArmide class
BuildersPlans by Pierre Roland
Operators French Navy
Preceded by Preneuse class
Succeeded by Carrère class
In commission1804 - 1823
Planned15
Building15
Completed12
Cancelled3
General characteristics
Class and typeFrigate
Displacement1330 tonnes
Length47 m (154 ft)
Beam12 m (39 ft)
Draught5.5 m (18 ft)
PropulsionSail
Armament
  • 44 guns:
  • 28 18-pounders
  • 16 8-pounders
  • 2 6-pounders
  • 2 36-pounder carronades
ArmourTimber

Vessels in class
Builder: Rochefort
Begun:
Launched: 1804
Completed:
Fate: captured by British Navy, 1806.
Builder: Rochefort
Begun:
Launched: 1805
Completed:
Fate: captured by British Navy, 1806.
Builder: Bordeaux
Begun:
Launched: 1806
Completed:
Fate: sold for scrap, 1828.
1/48 scale model of Flore, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris
Builder: Rochefort
Begun:
Launched: 1806
Completed:
Fate: wrecked, 1811.
Builder: Cherbourg
Begun:
Launched: 1808
Completed:
Fate: burnt, 1809.
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:

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.
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