Hermione-class frigate (French Navy)

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Class overview
NameHermione
BuildersBrest [1]
OperatorsCivil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy
Planned2 [2]
Completed2
General characteristics
Displacement350 tonnes [1]
Length37.4 metres [1] (115 French feet)
Beam9.7 metres [1] (30 French feet)
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament30 guns
ArmourTimber

A Hermione-class frigate was a type of 30-gun frigate of the French Navy, carrying a half-battery of 12-pounder long guns on the lower deck as its main armament, and a complete battery of 6-pounder guns on the upper deck. Two ships of this type were built in 1699 on plans by Blaise Pangalo. [1] They were labelled "5th-rank frigates-ships" at the time. [1]

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Ships

Builder: Brest [1]
Begun: May 1699 [1]
Launched: 23 September 1699 [1]
Completed: early 1700
Fate: "Lost" about April 1705
Builder: Brest [3]
Begun: May 1699 [3]
Launched: 24 September 1699 [3]
Completed: early 1700
Fate: Wrecked, either in 1733 at Port-Louis according to Vichot, or in the Indies in 1713. [3]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Roche, p.241
  2. ↑ Roche, p.495
  3. 1 2 3 4 Roche, p.303

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