Galathée-class Frigate
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The ''Galathée'' class was a type of 32-gun frigates of the
French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran, with 26 × 12-pounder and 6 × 6-pounder guns. six units were built in all, seeing service during the
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, and later in the
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. The
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captured and took into service five of the six, the sixth being wrecked early in the French Revolutionary Wars. * ''Galathée'' :Builder: Rochefort :Ordered: :Launched: 1779 :Fate: wrecked in 1795 * ''Railleuse'' :Builder: Bordeaux :Ordered: :Launched: 1779 :Fate: sold as a privateer and captured in 1804 by the Royal Navy. Taken into British service as HMS ''Antigua''. * ''Fleur de Lys'' :Builder: Rochefort :Ordered: :Launched: 1785 :Fate: renamed to ''Pique'', captured by the Royal Navy and taken into British service as HMS ''Pique'' in 1796 * ''Charente Inférieure'' :Builder: Rochefort :Ordered: :Launched: 1793 :Fate: renamed ''Tribune'' in February 1794, captured by British Navy in 1796 and taken into British service as HMS ''Tribune'', being wrecked the next year * ''Républicaine française'' :Builder: Bordeaux :Ordered: :Launched: 1794 :Fate: renamed ''Renommée'' in 1795; captured by British Navy in 1796, becoming HMS ''Renommee''. Broken up 1810 * ''Décade Française'' :Builder: Pierre Guibert, Bordeaux :Ordered: :Launched: 1794 :Fate: Renamed ''Décade'' in 1795; captured by British navy in 1798, becoming HMS ''Decade''. Sold 1811


References

*Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) ''French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates''. (Seaforth Publishing). {{DEFAULTSORT:Galathee class frigate Frigate classes