Nymphe-class frigate

Capture of the Thétis by HMS Amethyst on 10 November 1808, by Thomas Whitcombe
Class overview
Name:	Nymphe
Builders:	Brest
Operators:	French Navy  Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Danaé class
Succeeded by:	Minerve class
Planned:	6[1]
Completed:	6
General characteristics
Displacement:	750 tonnes
Length:	46.9 m (154 ft)
Beam:	11.9 m (39 ft)
Draught:	5.8 m (19 ft)
Sail plan:	Ship-rigged
Complement:	297
Armament:	26 long 18-pounder guns (later increased to 28) 12 long 8-pounder guns 4 36-pounder obusiers

The Nymphe class was a class of six 40-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1781 by Pierre-Augustin Lamothe. The prototype (Nymphe) was one of the earliest 18-pounder armed frigates.

• Andromaque

Builder: Brest

Begun: August 1777

Launched: 24 December 1777

Completed: April 1778

Fate: Scuttled by fire on 22 August 1796

• Astrée

Builder: Brest

Begun: August 1779

Launched: 16 May 1780

Completed: July 1780

Fate: Wrecked in the Atlantic in May 1795

• Nymphe

Builder: Brest

Begun: December 1781

Launched: 30 May 1782

Completed: August 1782

Fate: Wrecked at Noirmoutier on 30 December 1793.

• Thétis

Builder: Brest

Ordered: 4 November 1786

Begun: September 1785 (before being ordered!)

Launched: 16 June 1788

Completed: October 1788

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 10 November 1808 off Lorient. The British took her into service as HMS Brune.

• Cybèle

Builder: Brest

Begun: June 1788

Launched: 7 July 1789

Completed: May 1790

Fate: Wrecked in action 24 February 1809 off Sables d'Olonne.

• Concorde

Builder: Brest

Begun: April 1790

Launched: 25 October 1791

Completed: February 1793

Fate: Captured by the British Navy off Brazil on 4 August 1800.

References

1. Roche, p.497

• Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792, Seaforth Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.