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The first four frigates were built to a design by Joseph-Marie-Blaise
Coulomb. Jacques Brune Sainte Catherine modified Coulomb's design for the fifth, lengthening it to permit the addition of a 14th pair of gunports on the upper deck, although a 14th pair of guns was never carried in this pair of
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ports. Sainte
Catherine further redesigned the class for the sixth, final frigate. The French Navy preferred the designs by Jacques-Noël Sané. However, the more rounded hull form of the
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as their main armament. Six ships of this type were built at Toulon
Dockyard, and launched between 1782 and 1794. The frigates served the French Navy briefly during the
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captured all six between 1793 and 1799 and took them into service, with all but one serving in the
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Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de
Colbert Ă nos jours
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La Marine de Louis XVI : nomenclature des navires français de 1774 à 1792
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Fate: Captured by the
British 18 February 1794, taken into service as HMS
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Fate: Handed over to the
British 29 August 1793, taken in as HMS
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Fate: Captured by the
British 12 October 1793, taken in as HMS
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Fate: Captured by the
British 10 August 1794, taken in as HMS
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Fate: Captured by the
British 23 June 1795, taken in as HMS
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Fate: Captured by the British 16 June 1799, taken in as HMS
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3 September 1803, hospital hulk 1836, broken up 1858
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576:, recaptured by the French 3 July 1803, renamed
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701:French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786-1861
682:French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1626-1786
638:. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau.
699:Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S (2015).
680:Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S (2017).
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226:SD: 6 Ă— 8-pounder guns + 14 Ă— 36-pounder
200:SD: 12 Ă— 8-pounder guns + 2 Ă— 36-pounder
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16:French Navy ship class, built 1782-1794
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601:Winfield and Roberts (2015), p. 135-6.
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738:Ship classes of the French Navy
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580:, sold June 1809 and renamed
373:All feet are British measure
360:42.87 m (140.6 ft)
357:48.07 m (157.7 ft)
340:41.09 m (134.8 ft)
337:46.26 m (151.8 ft)
321:41.58 m (136.4 ft)
318:46.13 m (151.3 ft)
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451:January 1812, broken up 1828
363:12.02 m (39.4 ft)
343:11.69 m (38.4 ft)
324:11.69 m (38.4 ft)
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634:Roche, Jean-Michel (2005).
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619:(in French). Nice: Omega.
566:Launched: 4 September 1794
545:, wrecked 27 December 1795
515:, sold on 14 December 1815
615:Demerliac, Alain (1996).
538:Completed: September 1792
266:French Revolutionary Wars
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535:Launched: 27 August 1790
431:Ordered: 30 October 1781
401:Ordered: 30 October 1781
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703:. Seaforth Publishing.
684:. Seaforth Publishing.
569:Completed: October 1794
505:Launched: 6 August 1789
440:Completed: October 1782
410:Completed: October 1782
276:, and some thereafter.
126:General characteristics
728:Minerve-class frigates
661:Winfield, Rif (2007).
471:Launched: 11 July 1787
465:Ordered: November 1785
437:Launched: 31 July 1782
407:Launched: 31 July 1782
508:Completed: April 1792
252:was a type of 40-gun
502:Begun: February 1788
468:Begun: February 1786
434:Begun: February 1782
380:All tons are French
262:18-pounder long guns
222:18-pounder long guns
196:18-pounder long guns
169:18-pounder long guns
474:Completed: May 1788
404:Begun: January 1782
178:8-pounder long guns
445:Princess Charlotte
710:978-1-84832-040-6
691:978-1-4738-9351-1
672:978-1-86176-295-5
645:978-2-9525917-0-6
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366:1,450 tons
346:1,362 tons
327:1,330 tons
260:, carrying
258:French Navy
145:Ship-rigged
84:Preceded by
63:French Navy
722:Categories
609:References
578:Canonnière
458:Impérieuse
449:Andromache
288:Dimensions
270:Royal Navy
176:: 10-14 Ă—
76:Royal Navy
654:165892922
589:Citations
582:Confiance
513:Melpomene
492:Melpomène
141:Sail plan
118:Completed
49:Operators
560:Ordered:
543:Amethyst
228:obusiers
220:: 28 Ă—
203:obusiers
194:: 28 Ă—
167:: 26 Ă—
151:Armament
41:Builders
574:Minerve
552:Minerve
479:Captain
394:Minerve
354:(1794)
352:Minerve
315:(1782)
313:Minerve
282:Minerve
256:of the
254:frigate
248:Minerve
210:Minerve
184:Minerve
158:Minerve
135:Frigate
110:Planned
35:Minerve
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268:. The
239:Timber
236:Armour
214:(1804)
212:(1794)
186:(1794)
160:(1782)
89:Nymphe
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522:Perle
483:Unite
424:Junon
387:Ships
333:Perle
304:Beam
295:Type
250:class
104:class
102:Seine
91:class
705:ISBN
686:ISBN
667:ISBN
650:OCLC
640:ISBN
621:ISBN
555:(ii)
245:The
131:Type
31:Name
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218:UD
192:UD
174:SD
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