Pallas-class frigate (1808)

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Class overview
Name	Pallas
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Hortense class
Subclasses	Ariane[1][full citation needed]
Planned	62
Completed	57
Cancelled	5
General characteristics
Class and type	Pallas-class frigate
Displacement	1,080 tonnes
Length	46.93 m (154 ft 0 in)
Beam	11.91 m (39 ft 1 in)
Draught	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft) of sail
Complement	326
Armament	Nominally 40 guns In practice carried either 44 or 46 guns: Battery: 28 18-pounders Quarterdeck & forecastle: 8 × 8-pounder long guns 8 × 36-pounder carronades or 12 × 18-pounder carronades

The Pallas class constituted the standard design of 40-gun frigates of the French Navy during the Napoleonic Empire period. Jacques-Noël Sané designed them in 1805, as a development of his seven-ship Hortense class of 1802, and over the next eight years the Napoléonic government ordered in total 62 frigates to be built to this new design. Of these some 54 were completed, although ten of them were begun for the French Navy in shipyards within the French-occupied Netherlands or Italy, which were then under French occupation; these latter ships were completed for the Netherlands or Austrian navies after 1813.

Note – Corona was completed for the Napoleonic Italian Navy, but transferred to the French Navy in April 1810.

• Corona

Builder: Battistella, Venice

Ordered: 26 March 1805

Laid down: 26 December 1806

Launched: 27 December 1807

Completed: December 1808

Fate: Captured by the British Navy at the Battle of Lissa on 13 March 1811.

• Pallas

Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre (near Nantes)

Ordered: 26 March 1805

Laid down: October 1805

Launched: 9 April 1808

Completed: June 1808

Fate: Stricken 8 November 1821 at Brest and hulked, and broken up 1841

• Elbe

Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre

Ordered: 26 March 1805 as Aréthuse

Laid down: October 1805, renamed Elbe May 1807

Launched: 23 May 1808

Completed: July 1809

Fate: Renamed Calypso August 1814. Condemned 1825 and taken to pieces c.1841.

• Amélie

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 10 October 1807

Laid down: November 1807

Launched: 21 July 1808

Completed: January 1809

Fate: Renamed Junon April 1814. Condemned 1842.

• Clorinde

Builder: Louis & Michel-Louis Crucy, Paimboeuf

Ordered: 19 July 1806

Laid down: July 1806

Launched: 6 August 1808

Completed: March 1809

Fate: Captured by the British Navy in February 1814, becoming HMS Aurora.

• Renommée

Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre

Ordered: 26 March 1805

Launched: 20 August 1808

Fate: Captured by the British Navy in May 1811, becoming HMS Java; later captured by US Navy in December 1812.

• Élisa

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered: 20 May 1806

Laid down: August 1806

Launched: 22 September 1810

Fate: Wrecked on 22 December 1810 near Réville

• Favorita

Note – Favorita was completed for the Napoleonic Italian Navy, but transferred to the French Navy in April 1810.

Builder: Venice

Ordered: 1806

Launched: 4 October 1810

Fate: Renamed Favorite in April 1810 (on transfer). Burnt at Battle of Lissa March 1811.

• Astrée

Builder: Cherbourg

Ordered: 1808

Launched: May 1809

Fate: Captured by the British Navy in December 1810, becoming HMS Pomone.

• Fidèle

Builder: Vlissingen (Flushing)

Ordered: 14 August 1806

Launched: June 1809

Fate: Captured by the British Navy in August 1809, becoming HMS Laurel.

• Adrienne

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 10 October 1807

Launched: 15 August 1809

Fate: Renamed Aurore in April 1814, then Dauphine in September 1829 and Aurore again in August 1830. Converted to a transport 1841.

• Nymphe

Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre

Ordered: 25 April 1807

Launched: 1 May 1810

Fate: Converted to a breakwater 1832

• Iphigénie

Builder: Cherbourg

Ordered: 1809

Launched: 20 May 1810

Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy in January 1814, becoming first HMS Palma and then HMS Gloire. before being sold in 1817.

• Méduse

Builder: Paimboeuf

Ordered: 11 March 1807

Launched: 1 July 1810

Fate: Wrecked in July 1816.

• Prégel

Builder: Saint Malo

Ordered: 1807

Launched: 30 October 1810

Fate: Renamed Eurydice August 1814. Deleted 1825.

• Ariane

Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre

Ordered: 25 April 1807

Launched: 7 April 1811

Fate: Burnt to avoid capture in the action of 22 May 1812.

• Médée

Builder: Genoa

Ordered: 1808

Launched: 5 May 1811

Fate: Hulked 1849. Renamed Muiron 1850. Burnt 1882.

• Andromaque

Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre

Ordered: 10 November 1808

Launched: 21 May 1811

Fate: Sunk in the action of 22 May 1812.

• IJssel

Builder: Amsterdam

Ordered:

Launched: May 1811

Fate: Transferred to Netherlands 1814.

• Carolina

Builder: Naples

Ordered: 1807

Launched: 16 June 1811

Fate: Transferred to the Neapolitan Navy in December 1813.

• Princesse de Bologne

Builder: Venice

Ordered:

Launched: 5 September 1811

Fate: Transferred to the Austrian Navy in April 1814, becoming their Lipsia.

• Gloire

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered: 26 December 1808

Launched: 3 November 1811

Fate: Condemned 1822.

• Illyrienne

Builder: Saint Malo

Ordered: 26 December 1808

Launched: 13 November 1811

Fate: Renamed Hermione 30 August 1814; stricken 14 April 1841.

• Meuse

Builder: Amsterdam

Ordered: 1810 as Alcide, renamed September 1810 before being laid down

Launched: 17 December 1811

Fate: Transferred to the Netherlands Navy in May 1814, becoming their Maas.

• Terpsichore

Builder: Antwerp

Ordered: 1810

Launched: 26 February 1812

Fate: Captured by the fourth rate HMS Majestic in February 1814, becoming HMS Modeste; she was broken up in 1816

• Érigone

Builder: Antwerp

Ordered: 1810

Launched: 25 March 1812

• Aréthuse

Builder: Paimboeuf

Ordered: 26 December 1808

Launched: 11 April 1812

Fate: Converted to a 28-gun corvette 1833–1834. Stricken 1851 and broken up after 1865.

• Galatée

Builder: Genoa

Ordered: 1808

Launched: 3 May 1812

Fate: Stricken at Toulon 6 May 1837.

• Jahde

Builder: Rotterdam

Ordered:

Launched: 9 May 1812

• Trave

Builder: Amsterdam

Ordered:

Launched: 12 May 1812

• Weser

Builder: Amsterdam

Ordered:

Launched: 12 May 1812

• Melpomène

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 18 January 1810

Launched: 17 May 1812

• Rubis

Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre

Ordered: 21 October 1809

Launched: 25 May 1812

• Ems

Builder: Rotterdam

Ordered:

Launched: 26 May 1812

• Atalante

Builder: Lorient – Caudan

Ordered: 1 July 1809 as Eurydice but renamed 1811

Launched: 24 June 1812

• Cérès

Builder: Brest

Ordered:

Launched: 12 August 1812

• Piave

Builder: Venice

Ordered:

Launched: 15 August 1812

• Dryade

Builder: Genoa

Ordered: 1811

Launched: 4 October 1812

• Sultane

Builder: Paimboeuf

Ordered: 21 October 1809

Launched: 30 May 1813

Fate: Captured by the British Navy March 1814, becoming HMS Sultane.

• Étoile

Builder: Paimboeuf

Ordered: 21 October 1810 as Hyménée, but renamed before being laid down.

Launched: 28 July 1813

Fate: Captured by the British Navy in March 1814, becoming HMS Topaze.

• Rancune

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 20 February 1812

Launched: 30 September 1813

Fate: Renamed Néréide about August 1814. Condemned 1825.

• Amphitrite

Builder: Venice

Ordered:

Launched: October 1813

Fate: Still incomplete in April 1814 when Venice was captured by the Austrians. Then renamed Anfitrite and later Augusta in the Austrian Navy.

As noted below, all three vessels launched in 1814 were never added to the French Navy, as they were completed for the Dutch after the liberation of the Netherlands.

• Amstel

Builder: Rotterdam

Ordered:

Launched: 13 September 1814

Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Amster.

• Ambitieuse

Builder: Amsterdam

Ordered:

Launched: November 1814

Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Koningen, later Wilhelmina.

• Immortelle

Builder: Amsterdam

Ordered:

Launched: November 1814

Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina.

Six of the following were completed for the French Navy after the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy; the other six, laid down in Rotterdam and Venice while those cities were under French control, were completed for the Netherlands and Austrian Navies respectively.

• Cybèle

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered: 1810

Launched: 11 April 1815

Fate: Completed 1816. Hulked 1850 as Remise.

• Duchesse de Berry

Builder: Lorient – Caudan

Ordered: 1810 as Didon, renamed at launch.

Launched: 25 August 1816

Fate: Completed 1817. Hulked 1829 and renamed Victoire in August 1830.

• Vestale

Builder: Rotterdam

Ordered:

Launched: October 1816

Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1818, becoming their Vestale, later (1828) Rhijn.

• Fidèle

Builder: Rotterdam

Ordered:

Launched: 22 November 1817

Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1819, becoming their Schelde.

• Constance

Builder: Brest

Ordered:

Launched: 2 September 1818

Fate: Completed 1823. Hulked 1836.

• Thétis

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 1813

Launched: 3 May 1819

Fate: Completed 1822. Renamed 1865 as Lanninon.

• Astrée

Builder: Paimboeuf originally, then Lorient

Ordered: 25 March 1812

Launched: 28 April 1820

Fate: Completed 1821. Condemned 1842.

• Hébé

Builder: Venice

Ordered:

Launched: 1820

Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1821, becoming their Ebe.

• Armide

Builder: Paimboeuf originally, then Lorient

Ordered: 25 March 1812

Launched: 1 May 1821

Fate: Completed 1823. Renamed 1866 as Entrepot.

• Moskva

Builder: Venice

Ordered:

Launched: 1827

Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1828, becoming their Medea.

• Guerrière

Builder: Venice

Ordered:

Launched: 1829

Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1830, becoming their Juno.

• Vénus

Builder: Venice

Ordered:

Launched: 1832

Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1833, becoming their Venere.

• Corona

Builder: Venice

Begun: August 1812

Fate: Construction abandoned April 1814 at the fall of Venice to the Austrians.

• Inconstante

Builder: Antwerp

Begun: August 1812

Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies.

• Ruppel

Builder: Antwerp

Begun: September 1812

Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies.

• Précieuse

Builder: Antwerp

Begun: September 1812

Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies.

• Istrienne

Builder: Trieste

Begun: April 1813

Fate: Construction abandoned October 1813 at the fall of Trieste to the Austrians.

• Alain Demerliac, Nomenclature des navires francais de 1800–1815
• Rif Winfield & Stephen S Roberts, French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing, 2015) ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.