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The Virginie class was a class of ten 44-gun frigates of the French Navy

French Navy

The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...

, designed in 1793 by Jacques-Noël Sané

Jacques-Noël Sané

Jacques-Noël Sané was a French naval engineer, one of the most successful shipbuilders of the Age of Sail.Sané studied under Duhamel du Monceau...

. An eleventh vessel (Zephyr) begun in 1794 was never completed.

Virginie

Builder: Brest

Begun: November 1793

Launched: 26 July 1794

Completed: December 1794

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 22 April 1796, becoming HMS Virginie.

Courageuse
French frigate Justice (1794)
The Justice was a Virginie class frigate of the French Navy, originally built and completed as Courageuse in 1794, but renamed Justice in April 1795....

Builder: Brest

Begun: December 1793

Launched: early August 1794

Completed: December 1794

Fate: Renamed Justice April 1795. Captured by the British Navy in September 1801, but not added to Royal Navy; instead, handed over to the Turkish Navy.

Harmonie
French frigate Harmonie (1796)
The Harmonie was a 44-gun Virginie class frigate of the French Navy.She was beached and scuttled by fire at Saint Domingue on 16 April 1797 to avoid captured by HMS Thunderer and HMS Valiant-References :...

Builder: Bordeaux

Begun: May 1794

Launched: early 1796

Completed: May 1796

Fate: Beached and burnt to avoid capture by the British Navy in April 1797.

Volontaire
French frigate Volontaire (1796)
The Volontaire was a 44-gun Virginie class frigate of the French Navy.She took part in the Atlantic campaign of 1806, and was captured by HMS Diadem in March 1806. She was brought into Royal Navy service as HMS Volontaire....

Builder: Bordeaux

Begun: September 1794

Launched: 7 June 1796

Completed: 1796

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 4 March 1806, becoming HMS Volontaire.

Cornélie
French frigate Cornélie (1797)
The Cornélie was a 44-gun Virginie class frigate of the French Navy.In April 1799, along with Vengeance and Sémillante, she fought against HMS St Fiorenzo and Amelia....

Builder: Brest

Begun: March 1794

Launched: 19 September 1796

Completed: April 1798

Fate: Captured by the Spanish Navy in June 1808, becoming Spanish Cornelia.

Zéphyr

Builder: Brest

Begun: March 1794

Fate: Construction abandoned in April 1804 (never launched).

Didon

Builder: Saint Malo

Begun: September 1796

Launched: 1 August 1799

Completed: September 1800

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 10 August 1805, becoming HMS Didon.

Atalante
French frigate Atalante (1802)
The Atalante was a 44-gun Virginie class frigate of the French Navy.Launched in 1802, she cruised in the Indian Ocean under capitaine de frégate Gaudin, in the squadron under the command of Rear Admiral Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois...

Builder: Saint Malo

Begun: September 1799

Launched: 29 June 1802

Completed: July 1802

Fate: Wrecked in November 1805.

Rhin
French frigate Rhin (1802)
Rhin was a 44-gun Virginie-class frigate of the French Navy launched in 1802. She was present at two major battles while in French service. Then the Royal Navy captured her in 1806. Thereafter Rhin served until 1815 capturing numerous vessels. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars she was laid up...

Builder: Toulon

Begun: June 1801

Launched: 15 April 1802

Completed: October 1802

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 27 July 1806, becoming HMS Rhin.

Belle Poule

Builder: Basse-Indre

Begun: June 1801

Launched: 17 April 1802

Completed: September 1802

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 13 March 1806, becoming HMS Belle Poule.

Surveillante
French frigate Surveillante (1802)
The Surveillante entered service as a 40-gun Virginie class frigate of the French Navy. She was surrendered to the British in 1803, after which she served in the Royal Navy, classed under the British system as a 38 gun vessel, until 1814 when she was decommissioned...

Builder: Basse-Indre

Begun: July 1801

Launched: 29 May 1802

Completed: December 1802

Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 30 November 1803, becoming HMS Surveillante.

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