Magicienne-class frigate

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The Magicienne class was a class of twelve fifth rate 32-gun frigates of the French Navy, each with a main battery of 26 × 12-pounder long guns, and with 6 × 6-pounder guns on the quarterdeck and forecastle. They were designed by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb.

• Magicienne

:Builder: Toulon

:Ordered: 7 February 1777

:Begun: March 1777

:Launched: 1 August 1778

:Completed: October 1778

:Fate: captured by British Navy off Boston on 2 July 1781 and added to the British Navy.

• Précieuse

:Builder: Toulon

:Ordered: 7 February 1777

:Begun: March (or August?) 1777

:Launched: 22 August 1778

:Completed: November 1778

:Fate: out of service in January 1804; broken up in July 1816.

• Sérieuse

:Builder: Toulon

:Ordered: 28 August 1778

:Begun: March 1779

:Launched: 28 August 1779

:Completed: October 1779

:Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir on 1 August 1798

• Lutine

:Builder: Toulon

:Ordered: 23 October 1778

:Begun: March 1779

:Launched: 11 September 1779

:Completed: November 1779

:Fate: captured by British Navy in August 1793, and added to the British Navy - wrecked on 9 October 1799, her ship's bell was salvaged and still hangs in Lloyd's of London.

• Vestale

:Builder: Toulon

:Ordered: 20 April 1780

:Begun: May 1780

:Launched: 14 October 1780

:Completed: February 1781

:Fate: captured by British Navy off Bordeaux on 19 August 1799.

• Alceste

:Builder: Toulon

:Ordered: 20 April 1780

:Begun: May 1780

:Launched: 28 October 1780

:Completed: February 1781

:Fate: captured on 29 August 1793 by British Navy at Toulon, but retaken by the French Boudeuse on 8 June 1794, then captured again on 18 June 1799.

• Iris

:Builder: Toulon

:Ordered:

:Begun: May 1781

:Launched: 29 October 1781

:Completed: March 1782

:Fate: captured in August 1793 by British Navy at Toulon, but burnt on 18 December 1793 during the evacuation.

• Réunion

:Builder: Toulon

:Ordered:

:Begun: February 1785

:Launched: 23 February 1786

:Completed: January 1787

:Fate: captured by British Navy off Cherbourg on 18 October 1793, and added to the British Navy.

• Modeste

:Builder: Toulon

:Ordered:

:Begun: February 1785

:Launched: 18 March 1786

:Completed: January 1787

:Fate: captured by British Navy at Genoa on 7 October 1793, and added to the British Navy.

• Sensible

:Builder: Toulon

:Ordered: 23 January 1786

:Begun: February 1786

:Launched: 29 August 1787

:Completed: March 1788

:Fate: captured by British Navy off Malta on 28 June 1798, and added to the British Navy.

• Topaze

:Builder: Toulon

:Ordered: 14 March 1789

:Begun: August 1789

:Launched: 26 September 1790

:Completed: February 1791

:Fate: captured by British Navy at Toulon on 29 August 1793, and added to the British Navy.

• Artémise

:Builder: Toulon

:Ordered:

:Begun: end 1791

:Launched: 25 September 1794

:Completed: November 1794

:Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir on 2 August 1798