French frigate Galathée (1779)
 Galathée, drawn in 1781 by François Aimé Louis Dumoulin | |
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| Name: | Galathée |
| Namesake: | Galatea |
| Builder: | Rochefort |
| Laid down: | January 1778 |
| Launched: | 28 June 1779 |
| Fate: | ran aground 1795 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Galathée class frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 600 tonnes |
| Length: | 44.5 m (146 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.2 m (40 ft) |
| Depth of hold: | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 32 guns, later upgraded to 44 |
The Galathée was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
Galathée took part in the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War, taking part to the capture of Sint Eustatius and to the Battle of the Saintes.
In the summer of 1791, under Major de vaisseau Joseph de Cambis, she ferryied civilian commissaries to Santo Domingo.[1] During the French Revolution, she took part in the Combat du 13 prairial, where she took Terrible in tow, under fire, preventing her capture by the British.
On 14 July 1794 she and Seine captured the 16-gun sloop-of-war HMS Hound in the Atlantic.[2]
In the night of 23 to 24 April 1795, Galathée ran aground off Penmarch, becoming a total loss.
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- Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Galatée, netmarine.net
- Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 482 (1790-1826)
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