| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Surveillante | Arsenal de Lorient | 12.9.1823 | 29.7.1825 | 9/1825 | stricken 8.1844 | ||
| Belle Gabrielle, 8.1830- Indépendante | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 13.4.1824 | 28.6.1828 | 8/2828 | stricken 10.1860 | ||
| Melpomène | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 17.5.1825 | 28.7.1828 | 2/1830 | stricken 3.1845 | ||
| Herminie | Arsenal de Lorient | 1825 | 25.8.1828 | 10/1828 | wrecked 3.12.1838 | ||
| Belle Poule | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 1.4.1828 | 26.3.1834 | 1834 | transport 1.1852, frigate 1.1856, powder storage vessel 6.1859 | ||
| Sémillante | Arsenal de Lorient | 19.3.1827 | 6.2.1841 | 3/1845 | wrecked 16.2.1855 | ||
| Andromaque | Arsenal de Lorient | 29.5.1827 | 8.3.1841 | 1/1854 | transport 1859, stricken 8.1869 | ||
| Forte | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 5.6.1829 | 16.9.1841 | 12/1841 | transport 1859, frigate 1864, stricken 1.1868 | ||
| Pallas | Arsenal de Lorient - Caudan | 3.6.1848 | --- | --- | built as screw frigate since 1859 |
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Displacement normal, t |
2558 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
54.4 pp |
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Breadth, m |
14.5 |
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Draught, m |
6.59 |
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No of shafts |
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Machinery |
sails |
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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 |
Surveillante (1830): 30 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 28 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 121/20 12pdr SBML Melpomène (1830): 30 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 28 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 2 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML Belle Gabrielle (1830): 30 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 26 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 139/18 18pdr SBML Belle Poule: 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.1 shell SBML, 26 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 24 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 6 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML Andromaque, Forte: 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.1 shell SBML, 26 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 26 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML |
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Complement |
513 |
Project history: 30pdr frigates (1st rank from 1824), 60 guns. Wooden hull.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Herminie wrecked at Bermuda 3.12.1838. Sémillante wrecked in a storm in the Strait of Bonifacio 16.2.1855, used as troop transport with 710 lost.
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