The ''Gloire''-class frigate was a type of

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, designed by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait in 1802. They were built on the specifications of the ''Pensée'' (sometimes also called ''Junon'' class).Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Junon
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Ships in class

* :Builder: Basse-Indre :Ordered: :Launched: 20 July 1803 :Completed: :Fate: captured by the British Navy 1806, becoming HMS ''Gloire''. * :Builder: Basse-Indre :Ordered: :Launched: 4 June 1804 :Completed: :Fate: captured by the British Navy 1806, becoming HMS ''President''. * :Builder: Basse-Indre :Ordered: :Launched: 1 March 1805 :Completed: :Fate: captured by the British Navy 1809, becoming HMS ''Alcmene''. * :Builder: Le Havre :Ordered: :Launched: 5 April 1806 :Completed: :Fate: captured by the British Navy 1810, becoming HMS ''Nereide''. * :Builder: Le Havre :Ordered: :Launched: 16 August 1806 :Completed: :Fate: captured by the British Navy 1809, becoming HMS ''Junon''. * :Builder: Lorient :Ordered: :Launched: 9 January 1807 :Completed: :Fate: severely damaged 1809, sold 1813 or 1814. * :Builder: Le Havre :Ordered: :Launched: 20 July 1807 :Completed: :Fate: burnt by the Royal Navy 1811.

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* * Rif Winfield, ''British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792'', Seaforth Publishing, 2008, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Gloire class frigate Frigate classes