Félicité-class frigate
The Félicité class was a type of (12-pounder-armed) 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait (as approved by Léon-Michel Guignace). This was the first class of 12-pounder armed frigate to be designed and built in France following the end of the War for American Independence.
- Builder: Brest Dockyard
- Laid down: 1 January 1785
- Launched: 4 August 1785
- Completed: 28 August 1785
- Fate: captured by British Navy in the Caribbean on 18 June 1809, sold to Haiti and commissioned as the Améthyste, defected 1812 to Haitian rebels and renamed Heureuse Réunion, retaken by British frigate HMS Southampton on 3 February 1812, returned to Haiti, resuming name Améthyste sold 1818.
- Calypso
- Builder: Brest Dockyard
- Laid down: 4 July 1785
- Launched: 2 December 1785
- Completed: January 1786
- Fate: defected to the Spanish at Trinidad in January 1793.
- Builder: Le Havre
- Laid down: October 1788
- Launched: 22 July 1789
- Completed: September 1789
- Fate: condemned October 1802 at Brest and hulked in May 1804, probably demolished 1813.
- Fortunée
- Builder: Le Havre
- Laid down: 5 December 1789
- Launched: 28 September 1791
- Completed: May 1792
- Fate: burnt in February 1794 at Corsica to avoid capture.
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Félicité |
| Operators: |
 French Navy |
| Preceded by: | Vénus class |
| Succeeded by: | Sémillante class |
| Completed: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Félicité class frigate |
| Displacement: | 700 tonnes |
| Length: | 44.18 m (144.9 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.26 m (36.9 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.63 m (18.5 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | Timber |
References
- Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2015), French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.
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