Class overview
NameGloire class
Operators
Preceded byUranie class
Succeeded byConsolante class
Planned7
Completed7
General characteristics
TypeFrigate
Tons burthen1148 bm
Length46 metres (151 ft)
Beam12 metres (39 ft)
Draught7 metres (23 ft)
Complement330 men
Armament
ArmourTimber

The Gloire-class frigate was a type of 18-pounder 40-gun frigate, designed by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait in 1802. They were built on the specifications of the Seine-class frigate Pensée (sometimes also called Junon class).[1]

Ships in class

Builder: Basse-Indre
Ordered:
Launched: 20 July 1803
Completed:
Fate: captured by the British Navy 1806, becoming HMS Gloire.
Builder: Basse-Indre
Ordered:
Launched: 4 June 1804
Completed:
Fate: captured by the British Navy 1806, becoming HMS President.
Builder: Basse-Indre
Ordered:
Launched: 1 March 1805
Completed:
Fate: captured by the British Navy 1809, becoming HMS Alcmene.
Builder: Le Havre
Ordered:
Launched: 5 April 1806
Completed:
Fate: captured by the British Navy 1810, becoming HMS Nereide.
Builder: Le Havre
Ordered:
Launched: 16 August 1806
Completed:
Fate: captured by the British Navy 1809, becoming HMS Junon.
Builder: Lorient
Ordered:
Launched: 9 January 1807
Completed:
Fate: severely damaged 1809, sold 1813 or 1814.
  • Amazone
Builder: Le Havre
Ordered:
Launched: 20 July 1807
Completed:
Fate: burnt by the Royal Navy 1811.

References

Notes

Bibliography

  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792, Seaforth Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
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