The Magicienne class was a class of twelve fifth rate 32-gun frigates of the French Navy, each with a main battery of 26 × 12-pounder long guns, and with 6 × 6-pounder guns on the quarterdeck and forecastle. They were designed by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb.
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Magicienne |
| Builders | Toulon |
| Operators | |
| Planned | 12 |
| Completed | 12 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Frigate |
| Displacement | 500 tonnes |
| Length | 44.2 m (145 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) |
| Armament | |
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 7 February 1777
- Begun: March 1777
- Launched: 1 August 1778
- Completed: October 1778
- Fate: captured by British Navy off Boston on 2 July 1781 and added to the British Navy.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 7 February 1777
- Begun: March (or August?) 1777
- Launched: 22 August 1778
- Completed: November 1778
- Fate: out of service in January 1804; broken up in July 1816.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 28 August 1778
- Begun: March 1779
- Launched: 28 August 1779
- Completed: October 1779
- Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir on 1 August 1798
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 23 October 1778
- Begun: March 1779
- Launched: 11 September 1779
- Completed: November 1779
- Fate: captured by British Navy in August 1793, and added to the British Navy - wrecked on 9 October 1799, her ship's bell was salvaged and still hangs in Lloyd's of London.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 20 April 1780
- Begun: May 1780
- Launched: 14 October 1780
- Completed: February 1781
- Fate: captured by British Navy off Bordeaux on 19 August 1799.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 20 April 1780
- Begun: May 1780
- Launched: 28 October 1780
- Completed: February 1781
- Fate: captured on 29 August 1793 by British Navy at Toulon, but retaken by the French Boudeuse on 8 June 1794, then captured again on 18 June 1799.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Begun: May 1781
- Launched: 29 October 1781
- Completed: March 1782
- Fate: captured in August 1793 by British Navy at Toulon, but burnt on 18 December 1793 during the evacuation.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Begun: February 1785
- Launched: 23 February 1786
- Completed: January 1787
- Fate: captured by British Navy off Cherbourg on 18 October 1793, and added to the British Navy.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Begun: February 1785
- Launched: 18 March 1786
- Completed: January 1787
- Fate: captured by British Navy at Genoa on 7 October 1793, and added to the British Navy.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 23 January 1786
- Begun: February 1786
- Launched: 29 August 1787
- Completed: March 1788
- Fate: captured by British Navy off Malta on 28 June 1798, and added to the British Navy.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered: 14 March 1789
- Begun: August 1789
- Launched: 26 September 1790
- Completed: February 1791
- Fate: captured by British Navy at Toulon on 29 August 1793, and added to the British Navy.
- Builder: Toulon
- Ordered:
- Begun: end 1791
- Launched: 25 September 1794
- Completed: November 1794
- Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir on 2 August 1798
References
edit- 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.
- Winfield, Rif (2008) British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
External links
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