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Armide-class frigate

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Class overview
Name: Armide class
Builders: Plans by Pierre Roland
Operators:  French Navy
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
Armament:
  • 44 guns:
  • 28 18-pounders
  • 16 8-pounders
  • 2 6-pounders
  • 2 36-pounder carronades
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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