Magicienne class frigate
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Magicienne |
| Builders: | Toulon |
| Operators: |  French Navy Royal Navy |
| Completed: | 12 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | frigate |
| Displacement: |
600 tonnes |
| Length: | 44.2 metres |
| Beam: | 11.2 metres |
| Draught: | 5.2 metres (22 French feet) |
| Armament: |
32 guns: |
| Armour: | Timber |
| Notes: |
Ships in class include: Magicienne, Précieuse, Sérieuse, Lutine, Vestale, Alceste, Iris, Réunion, Modeste, Sensible, Topaze, Artémise |
The Magicienne class was a type of twelve 32-gun frigates of the French Navy. They were designed by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb.
- Magicienne
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1778
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1781
- Précieuse
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1778
- Fate:
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1779
- Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir, 1798
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 23 October 1778
- Launched: 11 September 1779
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1793 - wrecked 1799, her ship's bell was salvaged and still hangs in Lloyd's of London.
- Vestale
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1780
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1799.
- Alceste
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1780
- Fate: captured 1793 by British Navy but retaken by the French Boudeuse on 8 June 1794 , then captured again in 1799.
- Iris
- Builder:
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1781
- Fate: burnt 1793.
- Réunion
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1786
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1793.
- Modeste
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1786
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1793.
- Sensible
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1787
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1798.
- Topaze
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1790
- Fate: captured by British Navy 1793.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Launched: 1794)
- Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir, 1798
