French frigate Nymphe (1782)

Battle between the French frigates Nymphe, Amphitrite, and the 44-gun two-decker HMS Argo, 17 February 1783, by Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy.
History
France
Name	Nymphe
Namesake	Nymphe
Ordered	5 December 1781[1]
Builder	Brest
Laid down	December 1781[1]
Launched	30 May 1782[1]
In service	August 1782[1]
Fate	Wrecked at Noirmoutier
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Nymphe-class frigate
Displacement	750 tonnes
Length	46.9 m (153 ft 10 in)
Beam	11.9 m (39 ft 1 in)
Height	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship

Nymphe was a 40-gun Nymphe-class frigate of the French Navy.

Career[]

In January 1783, Nymphe was in the Caribbean, with Concorde. On 7, they captured the corvette HMS Raven. On 17 February of the same year, Nymphe was with the 32-gun when she captured the 44-gun HMS Argo.^[1]

On 20 January 1785, Nymphe arrived at Brest, ferrying Lafayette.^[1]

In July 1792, she was under Coëtnempren de Kerdournan. Along with and , she sailed to Cayenne to ferry troops, as well as the new governor, . She then returned to Lorient and was put in the ordinary.^[1]

In July 1793, Nymphe was brought into active again under Lieutenant Pitot to fight the Chouan royalist insurgency.^[1]

Fate[]

On 30 December 1793, Nymphe was wrecked while battling Chouan coastal artillery near Noirmoutier.^[1]

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Bibliography[]

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.