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The ''Virginie'' class was a class of ten 40-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1793 by Jacques-Noël Sané. An eleventh vessel (''Zephyr'') begun in 1794 was never completed. * ''Virginie'' :Builder: Brest :Begun: November 1793 :Launched: 26 July 1794 :Completed: December 1794 :Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 22 April 1796, becoming HMS ''Virginie''. * ''Courageuse'' :Builder: Brest :Begun: December 1793 :Launched: early August 1794 :Completed: December 1794 :Fate: Renamed ''Justice'' April 1795. Captured by the British Navy in September 1801, but not added to Royal Navy; instead, handed over to the Turkish Navy. * ''Harmonie'' :Builder: Bordeaux :Begun: May 1794 :Launched: early 1796 :Completed: May 1796 :Fate: Beached and burnt to avoid capture by the British Navy in April 1797. * ''Volontaire'' :Builder: Bordeaux :Begun: September 1794 :Launched: 7 June 1796 :Completed: 1796 :Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 4 March 1806, becoming HMS ''Volontaire''. * ''Cornélie'' :Builder: Brest :Begun: March 1794 :Launched: 19 September 1796 :Completed: April 1798 :Fate: Captured by the Spanish Navy in June 1808, becoming Spanish ''Cornelia''. * ''Zéphyr'' :Builder: Brest :Begun: March 1794 :Fate: Construction abandoned in April 1804 (never launched). * ''Didon'' :Builder: Saint Malo :Begun: September 1796 :Launched: 1 August 1799 :Completed: September 1800 :Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 10 August 1805, becoming HMS ''Didon''. * ''Atalante'' :Builder: Saint Malo :Begun: September 1799 :Launched: 29 June 1802 :Completed: July 1802 :Fate: Wrecked in November 1805. * ''Rhin'' :Builder: Toulon :Begun: June 1801 :Launched: 15 April 1802 :Completed: October 1802 :Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 27 July 1806, becoming HMS ''Rhin''. * ''Belle Poule'' :Builder: Basse-Indre :Begun: June 1801 :Launched: 17 April 1802 :Completed: September 1802 :Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 13 March 1806, becoming HMS ''Belle Poule''. * ''Surveillante'' :Builder: Basse-Indre :Begun: July 1801 :Launched: 29 May 1802 :Completed: December 1802 :Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 30 November 1803, becoming HMS ''Surveillante''. == References == *Rif Winfield, ''British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817'', Seaforth Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4. 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「Virginie-class frigate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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