Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Érigone (ex-Oriflamme) | Saint-Servan | 26.9.1832 | 27.9.1836 | 1837 | stricken 12.1864 | ||
Africaine | Saint-Servan | 1.2.1835 | 9.8.1839 | 11/1840 | service craft 1.1861-6/1863, stricken 3.1867 | ||
Charte (ex-Douze Avril), 2.1848- Constitution | Arsenal de Brest | 26.7.1833 | 6.8.1842 | 5/1843 | transport frigate1/1873, stricken 12.1879 | ||
Héliopolis | Arsenal de Rochefort | 8/1830 | 25.8.1847 | 7/1849 | transport frigate 1.1873, stricken 2.1880 |
Displacement normal, t |
1701 |
Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
48.8 pp |
Breadth, m |
12.4 |
Draught, m |
5.97 |
No of shafts |
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Machinery |
sails |
Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
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Fuel, t |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
Érigone, Africaine: 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 16 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 26 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML Charte: 4 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 26 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 16 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades Héliopolis: 2 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 8 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML |
Complement |
327 |
Project history: 3rd rank frigates, 46 guns. Bouvines and Psyché were cancelled.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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