|
The ''Nymphe'' class was a class of six 40-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1781 by Pierre-Augustin Lamothe. The prototype (''Nymphe'') was one of the earliest 18-pounder armed frigates. * ''Andromaque'' :Builder: Brest :Begun: August 1777 :Launched: 24 December 1777 :Completed: April 1778 :Fate: Scuttled by fire on 22 August 1796 * ''Astrée'' :Builder: Brest :Begun: August 1779 :Launched: 16 May 1780 :Completed: July 1780 :Fate: Wrecked in the Atlantic in May 1795 * ''Nymphe'' :Builder: Brest :Begun: December 1781 :Launched: 30 May 1782 :Completed: August 1782 :Fate: Wrecked at Noirmoutier on 30 December 1793. * ''Thétis'' :Builder: Brest :Ordered: 4 November 1786 :Begun: September 1785 (before being ordered!) :Launched: 16 June 1788 :Completed: October 1788 :Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 10 November 1808 off Lorient. The British took her into service as HMS ''Brune''. * ''Cybèle'' :Builder: Brest :Begun: June 1788 :Launched: 7 July 1789 :Completed: May 1790 :Fate: Wrecked in action 24 February 1809 off Sables d'Olonne. * ''Concorde'' :Builder: Brest :Begun: April 1790 :Launched: 25 October 1791 :Completed: February 1793 :Fate: Captured by the British Navy off Brazil on 4 August 1800. == References == *Rif Winfield, ''British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792'', Seaforth Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6. * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nymphe-class frigate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|