Class overview Name Pallas Operators French Navy Preceded by Hortense classSubclasses Ariane [ 1] [full citation needed Planned 62 Completed 57 Cancelled 5 General characteristics Class & type Pallas -classfrigate 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
ThePallas classfrigates of the French Navy during theNapoleonic Empire period.Jacques-Noël Sané designed them in 1805, as a development of his seven-shipHortense class
[ edit ] Note –Corona was completed for the Napoleonic Italian Navy, but transferred to the French Navy in April 1810. 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 theBattle of Lissa on 13 March 1811. [ edit ] 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 Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre Ordered: 26 March 1805 asAréthuse Laid down: October 1805, renamedElbe May 1807 Launched: 23 May 1808 Completed: July 1809 Fate: RenamedCalypso August 1814. Condemned 1825 and taken to pieces c.1841. Builder: Toulon Ordered: 10 October 1807 Laid down: November 1807 Launched: 21 July 1808 Completed: January 1809 Fate: RenamedJunon April 1814. Condemned 1842. 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 HMSAurora . Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre Ordered: 26 March 1805 Launched: 20 August 1808 Fate: Captured by the British Navy in May 1811, becoming HMSJava ; later captured by US Navy in December 1812. Builder: Le Havre Ordered: 20 May 1806 Laid down: August 1806 Launched: 22 September 1810 Fate: Wrecked on 22 December 1810 nearRéville 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: RenamedFavorite in April 1810 (on transfer). Burnt atBattle of Lissa March 1811. [ edit ] Builder: Cherbourg Ordered: 1808 Launched: May 1809 Fate: Captured by the British Navy in December 1810, becoming HMSPomone . Builder: Vlissingen (Flushing) Ordered: 14 August 1806 Launched: June 1809 Fate: Captured by the British Navy in August 1809, becoming HMSLaurel . Builder: Toulon Ordered: 10 October 1807 Launched: 15 August 1809 Fate: RenamedAurore in April 1814, thenDauphine in September 1829 andAurore again in August 1830. Converted to a transport 1841. [ edit ] Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre Ordered: 25 April 1807 Launched: 1 May 1810 Fate: Converted to abreakwater 1832 Builder: Cherbourg Ordered: 1809 Launched: 20 May 1810 Fate: Captured by theRoyal Navy in January 1814, becoming first HMSPalma and then HMSGloire . before being sold in 1817. Builder: Paimboeuf Ordered: 11 March 1807 Launched: 1 July 1810 Fate: Wrecked in July 1816. Builder: Saint Malo Ordered: 1807 Launched: 30 October 1810 Fate: RenamedEurydice August 1814. Deleted 1825. [ edit ] Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre Ordered: 25 April 1807 Launched: 7 April 1811 Fate: Burnt to avoid capture in theaction of 22 May 1812 . Builder: Genoa Ordered: 1808 Launched: 5 May 1811 Fate: Hulked 1849. RenamedMuiron 1850. Burnt 1882. Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre Ordered: 10 November 1808 Launched: 21 May 1811 Fate: Sunk in theaction of 22 May 1812 . Builder: Amsterdam Ordered: Launched: May 1811 Fate: Transferred to Netherlands 1814. Builder: Naples Ordered: 1807 Launched: 16 June 1811 Fate: Transferred to the Neapolitan Navy in December 1813. Builder: Venice Ordered: Launched: 5 September 1811 Fate: Transferred to the Austrian Navy in April 1814, becoming theirLipsia . Builder: Le Havre Ordered: 26 December 1808 Launched: 3 November 1811 Fate: Condemned 1822. Builder: Saint Malo Ordered: 26 December 1808 Launched: 13 November 1811 Fate: RenamedHermione 30 August 1814; stricken 14 April 1841. Builder: Amsterdam Ordered: 1810 asAlcide , renamed September 1810 before being laid down Launched: 17 December 1811 Fate: Transferred to the Netherlands Navy in May 1814, becoming theirMaas . [ edit ] Builder: Antwerp Ordered: 1810 Launched: 26 February 1812 Fate: Captured by thefourth rate HMS Majestic in February 1814, becoming HMSModeste ; she was broken up in 1816 Builder: Antwerp Ordered: 1810 Launched: 25 March 1812 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. Builder: Genoa Ordered: 1808 Launched: 3 May 1812 Fate: Stricken at Toulon 6 May 1837. Builder: Rotterdam Ordered: Launched: 9 May 1812 Builder: Amsterdam Ordered: Launched: 12 May 1812 Builder: Amsterdam Ordered: Launched: 12 May 1812 Builder: Toulon Ordered: 18 January 1810 Launched: 17 May 1812 Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre Ordered: 21 October 1809 Launched: 25 May 1812 Builder: Rotterdam Ordered: Launched: 26 May 1812 Builder: Lorient – Caudan Ordered: 1 July 1809 asEurydice but renamed 1811 Launched: 24 June 1812 Builder: Brest Ordered: Launched: 12 August 1812 Builder: Venice Ordered: Launched: 15 August 1812 Builder: Genoa Ordered: 1811 Launched: 4 October 1812 [ edit ] Builder: Paimboeuf Ordered: 21 October 1809 Launched: 30 May 1813 Fate: Captured by the British Navy March 1814, becoming HMSSultane . Builder: Paimboeuf Ordered: 21 October 1810 asHyménée , but renamed before being laid down. Launched: 28 July 1813 Fate: Captured by the British Navy in March 1814, becoming HMSTopaze . Builder: Toulon Ordered: 20 February 1812 Launched: 30 September 1813 Fate: RenamedNéréide about August 1814. Condemned 1825. Builder: Venice Ordered: Launched: 7 November 1815 Fate: Still incomplete in April 1814 when Venice was captured by the Austrians. Then renamedAnfitrite and laterAugusta in the Austrian Navy. [ edit ] 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.
Builder: Rotterdam Ordered: Launched: 13 September 1814 Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming theirAmster . Builder: Amsterdam Ordered: Launched: November 1814 Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming theirKoningen , laterWilhelmina . Builder: Amsterdam Ordered: Launched: November 1814 Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming theirFrederica Sophia Wilhelmina . [ edit ] 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.
Builder: Le Havre Ordered: 1810 Launched: 11 April 1815 Fate: Completed 1816. Hulked 1850 asRemise . Builder: Lorient – Caudan Ordered: 1810 asDidon , renamed at launch. Launched: 25 August 1816 Fate: Completed 1817. Hulked 1829 and renamedVictoire in August 1830. Builder: Rotterdam Ordered: Launched: October 1816 Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1818, becoming theirVestale , later (1828)Rhijn . Builder: Rotterdam Ordered: Launched: 22 November 1817 Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1819, becoming theirSchelde . Builder: Brest Ordered: Launched: 2 September 1818 Fate: Completed 1823. Hulked 1836. Builder: Toulon Ordered: 1813 Launched: 3 May 1819 Fate: Completed 1822. Renamed 1865 asLanninon . Builder: Paimboeuf originally, then Lorient Ordered: 25 March 1812 Launched: 28 April 1820 Fate: Completed 1821. Condemned 1842. Builder: Venice Ordered: Launched: 1820 Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1821, becoming theirEbe . Builder: Paimboeuf originally, then Lorient Ordered: 25 March 1812 Launched: 1 May 1821 Fate: Completed 1823. Renamed 1866 asEntrepot . Builder: Venice Ordered: Launched: 1827 Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1828, becoming theirMedea . Builder: Venice Ordered: Launched: 1829 Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1830, becoming theirJuno . Builder: Venice Ordered: Launched: 1832 Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1833, becoming theirVenere . [ edit ] Builder: Venice Begun: August 1812 Fate: Construction abandoned April 1814 at the fall of Venice to the Austrians. Builder: Antwerp Begun: August 1812 Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies. Builder: Antwerp Begun: September 1812 Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies. Builder: Antwerp Begun: September 1812 Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies. 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 
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