Nymphe-class frigate

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Capture of the Thétis by HMS Amethyst on 10 November 1808, by Thomas Whitcombe
Class overview
Name	Nymphe class
Builders	Brest, France
Operators	French Navy  Royal Navy
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Minerve class
Planned	6[1]
Completed	6
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Displacement	750 tonnes
Length	46.9 m (153 ft 10 in)
Beam	11.9 m (39 ft 1 in)
Draught	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Sail plan	Ship-rigged
Complement	297
Armament	26 × long 18-pounder guns (later increased to 28) 12 × long 8-pounder guns 4 × 36-pounder obusiers

The Nymphe class was a class of six 40-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1781 by . The prototype (Nymphe) was one of the earliest 18 pounders (8.2 kg) armed frigates.

Ships in class[]

• Nymphe (12-pounder armed frigate)

Builder: Brest

Begun:

Launched: 18 August 1777

Completed:

Fate: captured by British Royal Navy in 1780 and became HMS Nymphe.

• Andromaque

Builder: Brest

Begun: August 1777

Launched: 24 December 1777

Completed: April 1778

Fate: Scuttled by fire on 22 August 1796

• Astrée

Builder: Brest

Begun: August 1779

Launched: 16 May 1780

Completed: July 1780

Fate: Wrecked in the Atlantic in May 1795

• Nymphe (18-pounder armed frigate)

Builder: Brest

Begun: December 1781

Launched: 30 May 1782

Completed: August 1782

Fate: Wrecked at Noirmoutier on 30 December 1793.

• Thétis

Builder: Brest

Ordered: 4 November 1786

Begun: September 1785 (before being ordered!)

Launched: 16 June 1788

Completed: October 1788

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 10 November 1808 off Lorient. The British took her into service as HMS Brune.

• Cybèle

Builder: Brest

Begun: June 1788

Launched: 7 July 1789

Completed: May 1790

Fate: Wrecked in action 24 February 1809 off Sables d'Olonne.

• Concorde

Builder: Brest

Begun: April 1790

Launched: 25 October 1791

Completed: February 1793

Fate: Captured by the British Navy off Brazil on 4 August 1800.

Citations[]

References[]

• 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.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.