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. A highly detailed and accurate model of , one of the units of the class, is on display at Paris naval museum, originally part of the

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Vessels in class

* :Builder: Rochefort :Begun: :Launched: 1804 :Completed: :Fate: captured by

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, 1806. * ''Minerve'' :Builder: Rochefort :Begun: :Launched: 1805 :Completed: :Fate: captured by British Navy, 1806. * :Builder: Bordeaux :Begun: :Launched: 1806 :Completed: :Fate: sold for scrap, 1828. Flore img 0336

* :Builder: Rochefort :Begun: :Launched: 1806 :Completed: :Fate: wrecked, 1811. * :Builder: Cherbourg :Begun: :Launched: 1808 :Completed: :Fate: burnt, 1809. * :Builder: Bordeaux :Begun: :Launched: 1808 :Completed: :Fate: captured by British Navy, 1809. *''Saale'' :Builder: Rochefort :Begun: :Launched: 1810 :Completed: :Fate: deleted, 1821. *''Alcmène'' :Builder: Cherbourg :Begun: :Launched: 1811 :Completed: :Fate: captured by British Navy, 1814. *''Circé'' :Builder: Rochefort :Begun: :Launched: 1811 :Completed: :Fate: deleted, 1844. * ''Androméde'' :Builder: Bayonne :Begun: :Launched: :Completed: :Fate: never reached launch stage. * ''Emeraude'' :Builder: Bayonne :Begun: :Launched: :Completed: :Fate: never reached launch stage. * ''Cornélie'' :Builder: Bayonne :Begun: :Launched: :Completed: :Fate: never reached launch stage. *''Antigone'' :Builder: Bordeaux :Begun: :Launched: 1816 :Completed: :Fate: *''Cléopatre'' :Builder: Cherbourg :Begun: :Launched: 1817 :Completed: :Fate: *''Magicienne'' :Builder: Rochefort :Begun: :Launched: 1823 :Completed: :Fate:

Sources and references

*{{cite book , first = Jean-Michel , last = Roche , year = 2005 , chapter = , title = Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671–1870 , isbn = 978-2-9525917-0-6 , oclc = 165892922 , pages = , publisher = Group Retozel-Maury Millau Frigate classes Ship classes of the French Navy