Magicienne class frigate

Magicienne class frigate
A frigate similar to HMS Lutine
The Lutine
Class overview
Name: Magicienne
Builders: Toulon
Operators:  French Navy
 Royal Navy
Completed: 12
General characteristics
Type: frigate
Displacement:

600 tonnes

5 260 tonnes fully loaded
Length: 44.2 metres
Beam: 11.2 metres
Draught: 5.2 metres (22 French feet)
Armament:

32 guns:

Armour: Timber
Notes:

Ships in class include: Magicienne, frigates of the French Navy. They were designed by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb.

Builder: Toulon
Ordered:
Launched: 1778
Fate: captured by British Navy 1781
  • Toulon
    Ordered: 7 February 1777
    Launched: 1778
    Fate: broken up in 1816
    Builder: Toulon
    Ordered:
    Launched: 1779
    Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir, 1798
    Builder: Toulon
    Ordered: 23 October 1778
    Launched: 11 September 1779
    Fate: captured by British Navy 1793 - wrecked 1799, her ship's bell was salvaged and still hangs in Lloyd's of London.
    • Toulon
      Ordered:
      Launched: 1780
      Fate: captured by British Navy 1799.
      Builder: Toulon
      Ordered:
      Launched: 1780
      Fate: captured 1793 by British Navy but retaken by the French Boudeuse on 8 June 1794 , then captured again in 1799.
      • Toulon
        Ordered:
        Launched: 1786
        Fate: captured by British Navy 1793.
        Builder: Toulon
        Ordered:
        Launched: 1786
        Fate: captured by British Navy 1793.
        Builder: Toulon
        Ordered:
        Launched: 1787
        Fate: captured by British Navy 1798.
        • Toulon
          Ordered:
          Launched: 1790
          Fate: captured by British Navy 1793.
          Builder: Toulon
          Ordered:
          Launched: 1794)
          Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir, 1798

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