Armide-class frigate
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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 {{ship|French frigate|Flore|1806|2}}, one of the units of the class, is on display at Paris naval museum, originally part of the Trianon model collection.
Vessels in class
- {{ship|French frigate|Armide|1804|2}}
: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.
- {{ship|French frigate|Pénélope|1806|2}}
:Builder: Bordeaux
:Begun: 12 February 1804
:Launched: 28 October 1806
:Completed: January 1807
:Fate: broken up, after November 1829.
File:Flore img 0336.jpg in Paris]]
- {{ship|French frigate|Flore|1806|2}}
:Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
:Begun: 1 July 1804
:Launched: 11 November 1806
:Completed: March 1807
:Fate: wrecked, 1811.
- {{ship|French frigate|Amphitrite|1808|2}}
:Builder: Cherbourg Dockyard
:Begun: August 1806
:Launched: 11 April 1808
:Completed: July 1808
:Fate: burnt, 3 February 1809, to avoid capture.
- {{ship|French frigate|Niémen|1808|2}}
: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
- {{cite book
|first = Jean-Michel
|last = Roche
|year = 2005
|chapter =
|title = Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671–1870
|isbn = 978-2-9525917-0-6
|oclc = 165892922
|pages =
|publisher = Group Retozel-Maury Millau
}}
- {{cite book |first1=Rif|last1=Winfield| first2=Stephen S |last2=Roberts |title=French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786—1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth|year=2015|isbn=978-1-84832-204-2}}