Magicienne-class frigate

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Class overview
Name	Magicienne
Builders	Toulon
Operators	French Navy  Royal Navy
Planned	12
Completed	12
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Displacement	500 tonnes
Length	44.2 m (145 ft 0 in)
Beam	11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
Draught	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Armament	32 guns: 26 × 12-pdr long guns 6 × 6-pdr long guns

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

References

• Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2015), French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.
• Winfield, Rif (2008) British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.

External links

• Media related to Magicienne-class frigates (1778) at Wikimedia Commons