Armide-class frigate
Portrait of Pénélope by François-Geoffroi Roux
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Armide class |
| Builders: | Plans by Pierre Roland |
| Operators: |
 French Navy
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| Preceded by: | Preneuse class |
| Succeeded by: | Carrère class |
| In commission: | 1804 - 1823 |
| Building: | 15 |
| Planned: | 15 |
| Completed: | 12 |
| Cancelled: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Frigate |
| Displacement: | 1330 tonnes |
| Length: | 47 m (154 ft) |
| Beam: | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
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| Armour: | Timber |
The Armide class was a type of 40-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Pierre Roland. A highly detailed and accurate model of Flore, one of the units of the class, is on display at Paris naval museum, originally part of the Trianon model collection.
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