Hermione-class frigate (French Navy)

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Class overview
NameHermione
BuildersBrest[2]
Operators French Navy
Planned2[1]
Completed2
General characteristics
Displacement350 tonnes [2]
Length37.4 metres [2] (115 French feet)
Beam9.7 metres [2] (30 French feet)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament30 guns
ArmourTimber

A Hermione-class frigate was a type of 30-gun frigate of the French Navy, carrying a half-battery of 12-pounder long guns on the lower deck as its main armament, and a complete battery of 6-pounder guns on the upper deck. Two ships of this type were built in 1699 on plans by Blaise Pangalo.[2] They were labelled "5th-rank frigates-ships" at the time.[2]

Ships[edit]

Builder: Brest [2]
Begun: May 1699 [2]
Launched: 23 September 1699 [2]
Completed: early 1700
Fate: "Lost" about April 1705
Builder: Brest [3]
Begun: May 1699 [3]
Launched: 24 September 1699 [3]
Completed: early 1700
Fate: Wrecked, either in 1733 at Port-Louis according to Vichot, or in the Indies in 1713.[3]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ Roche, p.495
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Roche, p.241
  3. ^ a b c d Roche, p.303

References[edit]

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.