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PALLAS sailing frigates (1808-1823)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Pallas     Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre 10/1805 9.4.1808 6/1808 stricken 11.1821
Elbe (ex-Aréthuse), 8.1814- Calypso, 3.1815- Elbe, 7.1815- Calypso     Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre 10/1805 23.5.1808 7/1808 stricken 11.1824
Renommée     Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre 10/1805 20.8.1808 3/1809 captured by UK 20.5.1811 (Java)
Nymphe     Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre 7/1807 1.5.1810 8/1810 stricken 9.1832
Ariane     Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre 7/1807 7.4.1811 6/1811 wrecked 22.5.1812
Andromaque     Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre 4/1809 21.5.1811 8/1811 wrecked 22.5.1812
Rubis     Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre 6/1810 25.5.1812 8/1812 wrecked 5.2.1813
Fidèle     Flushing 8/1806 6/1809 9/1809 captured by UK 16.8.1809 (Laurel)
Élisa     Le Havre 8/1806 22.9.1808 11/1809 wrecked 22.12.1810
Gloire     Le Havre 2/1809 3.11.1811 2/1812 stricken 11.1822
Cybèle     Le Havre 4/1810 11.4.1815 2/1816 corvette 1836, stricken 3.1850
Clorinde     Louis & Michel-Louis Crucy, Paimboeuf 7/1806 6.8.1808 3/1809 captured by UK 26.2.1814 (Aurora)
Méduse     Louis & Michel-Louis Crucy, Paimboeuf 8/1807 1.7.1810 9/1810 wrecked 2.7.1816
Aréthuse     Louis & Michel-Louis Crucy, Paimboeuf 3/1809 11.5.1812 7/1812 corvette 1834, stricken 6.1851
Sultane     Louis & Michel-Louis Crucy, Paimboeuf 1/1810 30.5.1813 9/1813 captured by UK 26.3.1814 (Sultane)
Étoile     Louis & Michel-Louis Crucy, Paimboeuf 8/1810 28.7.1813 10/1813 captured by UK 27.3.1814 (Topaze)
Astrée     Louis & Michel-Louis Crucy, Paimboeuf // Arsenal de Lorient 5/1812 // 9.1814 28.4.1820 10/1821 stricken 10.1842
Armide     Louis & Michel-Louis Crucy, Paimboeuf // Arsenal de Lorient 5/1812 // 9.1814 1.5.821 3/1823 transport 5.1851
Corona     Venice 26.12.1806 27.12.1807 12/1808 captured by UK 13.3.1811 (Daedalus)
Favorita, 4.1810 - Favorite     Venice 28.12.1806 4.10.1808 1809 wrecked 13.3.1811
Amélie, 4.1814- Junon, 3.1815- Amélie, 7.1815- Junon     Arsenal de Toulon 11/1807 21.7.1808 1/1809 stricken 8.1842
Adrienne, 4.1814- Aurore, 3.1815- Adrienne, 7.1815- Aurore, 9.1829- Dauphine, 8.1830- Aurore     Arsenal de Toulon 8/1808 15.8.1809 11/1809 transport corvette 1840, transport 1.1846
Melpomène     Arsenal de Toulon 12/1810 17.5.1812 6/1812 captured by UK 30.4.1815
Rancune, 8.1814- Néréïde, 3.1815- Rancune, 7.1815- Néréïde     Arsenal de Toulon 7/1812 30.9.1813 11/1813 stricken 1825
Thétis     Arsenal de Toulon 9/1813 3.5.1819 3/1822 transport 5.1851
Prégel, 8.1814- Eurydice, 3.1815- Prégel, 7.1815- Eurydice     Saint-Malo 7/1807 30.10.1810 2/1812 stricken 6.1825
Illyrienne, 8.1814- Hermione, 3.1815- Illyrienne, 7.1815- Hermione     Saint-Malo 11/1809 13.11.1811 3/1812 condemned 12.1840
Astrée     Arsenal de Cherbourg 20.4.1808 1.5.1809 7/1809 captured by UK 4.12.1810 (Pomone)
Iphigénie     Arsenal de Cherbourg 5/1809 20.5.1810 11/1810 captured by UK 20.1.1814 (Palma)
Carolina     Naples 1808 16.6.1811 6/1813 to Naples 6.1815 (Amalia)
Médée     Genoa 7/1808 5.5.1811 8/1811 stricken 2.1849
Galatée     Genoa 11/1808 3.5.1812 9/1812 collision 6.5.1837
Dryade, 11.1814- Fleur de Lis, 3.1815- Dryade, 7.1815- Fleur de Lis, 8.1830- Résloue     Genoa 7/1811 4.10.1812 1/1813 wrecked 23.6.1833
Atalante, 7.1814- Duchesse d'Angoulême, 3.1815- Atalante, 7.1815- Duchesse d'Angoulême     Arsenal de Lorient - Caudan 4/1810 24.6.1812 12/1812 stricken 6.1825
Duchesse de Berry (ex-Didon), 8.1830- Victoire     Arsenal de Lorient - Caudan 9/1810 25.8.1816 3/1817 transport corvette 1840, stricken 12.1841
Terpsichore     Antwerp 5/1810 26.2.1812 5/1812 captured by UK 3.2.1814 (Modeste)
Érigone     Antwerp 5/1810 25.3.1812 6/1812 stricken 11.1824
Précieuse     Antwerp 5/1812 --- --- incomplete to Allies 8.1814, BU
Ruppel     Antwerp 5/1812 --- --- BU incomplete after 1814
Inconstante     Antwerp 5/1812 --- --- BU incomplete after 1814
Yssel     Amsterdam 10/1810 5/1811 2/1812 surrendered to Netherlands 22.4.1814 (Ijssel)
Meuse     Amsterdam 10/1810 17.12.1811 6/1812 surrendered to Netherlands 22.4.1814 (Maas)
Trave     Amsterdam 3/1811 12.5.1812 8/1812 captured by UK 23.10.1813 (Trave)
Weser     Amsterdam 3/1811 12.5.1812 8/1812 captured by UK 21.10.1813 (Weser)
Ambitieuse     Amsterdam 1/1813 11/1814 1817 // --- captured incomplete by Netherlands 14.11.1813 (Wilhelmina)
Immortelle     Amsterdam 1/1813 11/1814 1816 // --- captured incomplete by Netherlands 14.11.1813 (Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina)
Jahde, 8.1814- Africaine, 8.1814- Psyché, 3.1815- Jahde, 7.1815- Psyché     Rotterdam 6/1811 9.5.1812 9/1812 stricken 1821
Ems, 8.1814- Africaine, 3.1815- Ems, 7.1815- Africaine     Rotterdam 6/1811 26.5.1812 10/1812 wrecked 16.5.1822
Amstel     Rotterdam 1/1812 13.9.1814 1815 // --- captured incomplete by Netherlands 12.1813 (Amstel)
Vestale     Rotterdam 3/1813 10/1816 1.2.1819 // --- captured incomplete by Netherlands 12.1813 (Rhijn)
Fidèle     Rotterdam 3/1813 22.11.1817 1818 // --- captured incomplete by Netherlands 12.1813 (Schelde)
Principessa di Bologna     Venice 11/1810 3.9.1811 12/1811 captured by Austria 20.4.1814 (Principessa di Bologna)
Piave     Venice 1/1811 15.8.1812 7/1813 captured by Austria 20.4.1814 (Piave)
Anfitrite     Venice 9/1811 7.11.1815 1815 // --- captured incomplete by Austria 20.4.1814 (Augusta)
Ebe     Venice 26.9.1811 14.7.1821 8/1821 // --- captured incomplete by Austria 20.4.1814 (Ebe)
Guerriera     Venice 26.9.1811 12.9.1829 1/1830 // --- captured incomplete by Austria 20.4.1814 (Guerriera)
Corona     Venice 1812 --- --- captured incomplete by Austria 20.4.1814, BU
Moscava     Venice 5/1813 7.8.1827 1828 // --- captured incomplete by Austria 20.4.1814 (Medea)
Venere     Venice 20.7.1813 12.6.1832 11/1832 // --- captured incomplete by Austria 20.4.1814 (Venere)
Cérès     Arsenal de Brest 5/1810 12.8.1812 1/1813 captured by UK 6.1.1814 (Seine)
Constance     Arsenal de Brest 8/1812 2.9.1818 1819 stricken 11.1836
Istrienne     Trieste 4/1813 --- --- abandoned 10.1813

 

Displacement normal, t

1390

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

46.9 pp

Breadth, m

11.9

Draught, m

5.63

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

8 x 1 - 173/8 36pdr SBML carronades, 28 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML, 8 x 1 - 106/24 8pdr SBML

almost all built since 1810: 16 x 1 - 141/8 24pdr SBML carronades, 30 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML

Armide: 16 x 1 - 141/8 24pdr SBML carronades, 28 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML, 2 x 1 - 139/17 18pdr SBML

Corona: 2 x 1 - 173/8 36pdr SBML carronades, 28 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML, 10 x 1 - 106/24 8pdr SBML

Favorita, Yssel, Meuse, Trave, Weser: 8 x 1 - 173/8 36pdr SBML carronades, 28 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML, 8 x 1 - 106/24 8pdr SBML

Thétis: 16 x 1 - 151/8 24pdr SBML carronades, 28 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML, 2 x 1 - 139/17 18pdr SBML

Complement

260 (340 wartime)

Project history: 18pdr frigates (3rd rank from 1824), 44 guns.

Modernizations: 1810, three ships: - 8 x 1 - 173/8; + 8 x 1 - 141/8 24pdr SBML carronades

1834, Aréthuse: as 28-gun corvette armed with 22 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML

1836, Cybèle: as 28-gun corvette armed with: 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML

1840, Victoire;1846, Aurore: were converted to transport corvettes.

Naval service: Renommée was captured by HMS Astraea 20.5.1811 off Foulpointe (Madagascar) and became HMS Java. Ariane and Anfromaque were intercepted by British ship Northumberland and sloop Growler, grounded 22.5.1812 off Lorient and fired to avoid capture. Rubis wrecked in a storm 5.2.1813 on Tamara Island, Guinea, and fired by crew. Fidèle was 16.8.1809 captured by British ships at the seizure of Flushing. Élisa wrecked at night 22.12.1810 near Réville. Clorinde was captured by British frigate Dryad and sloop Achates 26.2.1814 off Ushant and became HMS Aurora. Méduse stranded 2.7.1816 on the Bank of Arguin and abandoned three days later. Sultane was 26.3.1814 captured by British ship Hannibal off Ile de Batz and commissioned by the RN under the same name. Étoile was captured off La Hogue 27.3.1814 by British frigate Hebrus and sloop Sparrow and entered the RN as Topaze. Corona was captured by British frigate Active at the Battle of Lissa 13.3.1811 and became HMS Daedalus. Favorite at the Battle of Lissa 13.3.1811 beached and burned on Lissa after receiving heavy damage. Melpomène was captured 30.4.1815 by British ship Rivoli between Ischia and Procida Isles off Naples. Astrée was captured by British forces in the capitulation of Ile de France (Mauritius) 4.12.1810, becoming HMS Pomone. Iphigénie was captured by British ship Venerable and sloop Cyane 20.1.1814 off the Canaries and became HMS Palma. Galatée was stricken at Toulon 6.5.1837 after being damaged in collision with ship Trident. Résolue wrecked 23.6.1833 in a storm at Cape Levi near Cherbourg. Terpsichore was captured by British ship Majestic 3.2.1814 off the Azores and entered Royal Navy as Modeste. Trave was captured by British frigate Andromache and sloop Achates 23.10.1813 in the English Channel and became HMSTrave. Weser was captured by Britsh sloops Scylla and Royalist 21.10.1813 in the English Channel and became HMS Weser. Africaine wrecked 16.5.1822 in the fog on Sable Island (Nova Scotia). Principessa di Bologna and Piave were captured by Austrian forces at the occupation of Venice and entered Austrian Navy under the same names. Cérès was captured 6.1.1814 by British frigates Niger and Tagus between Brazil and Cape Verde Islands and became HMS Seine.

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