Hébé-class frigate
The Hébé class was a class of six 38-gun (later 40-gun) frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1781 by Jacques-Noël Sané. The name ship of the class. Hébé, was also the basis for the British Leda-class frigates after the ship had been captured.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Hébé class |
Builders | Saint-Malo, Brest and Toulon |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Pourvoyeuse class |
Succeeded by | Danaé class |
Planned | 6 |
Completed | 6 |
Lost | 3 |
Retired | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Frigate |
Displacement | 700 tonnes |
Length | 46.3 m (152 ft) |
Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
Sail plan | Ship-rigged |
Complement | 297 |
Armament |
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Ships in class
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Sybille vs. Chiffonne
Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
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Hébé | Saint Malo | December 1781 | 25 June 1782 | August 1782 | Captured by British Navy in the action of 4 September 1782. The British took her into service and in 1805 renamed her HMS Blonde. Hébé became the model for the British Leda-class frigates, the first of which was HMS Leda. Hébé, therefore, has the rare distinction of being the model for both a French and a British frigate class. |
Vénus | Brest | November 1781 | 14 July 1782 | October 1782 | Wrecked on 31 December 1788 in the Indian Ocean. |
Dryade | Saint Malo | 1782 | 3 February 1783 | April 1783 | Retired in 1796; condemned 16 November 1801 and taken to pieces. |
Proserpine | Brest | December 1784 | 25 June 1785 | August 1785 | Captured by British Navy on 13 June 1796. The British took her into service as HMS Amelia. |
Sibylle | Toulon | April 1790 | 30 July 1791 | May 1792 | Captured by British Navy on 17 June 1794. The British took her into service as HMS Sybille. |
Carmagnole | La Motte, Brest | March 1792 | 22 May 1793 | July 1793 | Renamed Rassurante 30 May 1795, but reverted to Carmagnole 24 February 1798; wrecked in a storm at Vlissingen on 9 November 1800. |
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
- French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (Rif Winfield and Stephen S. Roberts). Seaforth Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.
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