Nymphe-class frigate

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.
Capture of the Thétis by HMS Amethyst on 10 November 1808, by Thomas Whitcombe
Class overview
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:
  • 26 long 18-pounder guns (later increased to 28)
  • 12 long 8-pounder guns
  • 4 36-pounder obusiers

References
  1. 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. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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