Nymphe-class frigate
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Nymphe |
| Builders: | Brest |
| Operators: |
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| 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.
- Andromaque
- Builder: Brest
- Begun: August 1777
- Launched: 24 December 1777
- Completed: April 1778
- Fate: Scuttled by fire on 22 August 1796
- Astrée
- Builder: Brest
- Begun: August 1779
- Launched: 16 May 1780
- Completed: July 1780
- Fate: Wrecked in the Atlantic in May 1795
- Nymphe
- Builder: Brest
- Begun: December 1781
- Launched: 30 May 1782
- Completed: August 1782
- Fate: Wrecked at Noirmoutier on 30 December 1793.
- Thétis
- 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.
- Cybèle
- Builder: Brest
- Begun: June 1788
- Launched: 7 July 1789
- Completed: May 1790
- Fate: Wrecked in action 24 February 1809 off Sables d'Olonne.
- Concorde
- 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, .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
