Type of ship
The Gloire-class frigate was a type of 18-pounder 40-gun frigate, designed by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait in 1802. They were built on the specifications of the Seine-class frigate Pensée (sometimes also called Junon class).[1]
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.
References
Notes
- ^ (in French) Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Junon, Netmarine.net
Bibliography
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792, Seaforth Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
