Charmante-class frigate
# Charmante-class frigate

The Charmante class was a group of five 32-gun/12-pounder frigates of the French Navy, built during the late 1770s at Brest (lead ship) Nantes (2 ships) and Saint Malo (2 ships). They were designed by Jean-Denis Chevillard. Of the five ships, two were wrecked, two were captured by the British, and one by the Spanish.

    Builder: Brest
    Ordered:
    Laid down: April 1777
    Launched: 30 August 1777
    Completed: January 1778
    Fate: Wrecked on the Chaussée de Sein on 24 March 1780
    Builder: Rochefort
    Ordered:
    Laid down: September 1777
    Launched: March 1778
    Completed: May 1778
    Fate: Wrecked by the Great Hurricane of 1780 off Saint Vincent on 11 October 1780
    Builder: Rochefort
    Ordered:
    Laid down: November 1785
    Launched: 18 May 1787
    Completed: May 1788
    Fate: Renamed Unité on 28 September 1793. Capturd by the British on 11 April 1796, recomissionned as HMS Unite, sold in 1802
    Builder: Rochefort
    Ordered:
    Laid down: January 1789
    Launched: 9 September 1790
    Completed: February 1791
    Fate: Captured by HMS Penelope and Iphigenia on 25 November 1793 off Saint Domingue and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Convert
    Builder: Rochefort
    Ordered:
    Laid down: 1789
    Launched: 18 May 1791
    Completed: June 1792
    Fate: Captured by the Spanish on 19 February 1793 during the French expedition to Sardinia and recommissioned in the Spanish Navy as Sirena

## Citations

* ↑ Roche, p.496
* 1 2 Roche, p.111
* ↑ Roche, p.269
* ↑ Roche, p.229-230
* ↑ Roche, p.254
* ↑ Roche, p.239
