Galathée class frigate
Galathée, drawn in 1781 by François Aimé Louis Dumoulin
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Galathée |
| Builders: | Rochefort and Bordeaux |
| Operators: | |
| Completed: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Galathée class frigate, 44 guns |
| Tons burthen: | 600 tonnes |
| Length: | 44.5 m (146 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.2 m (40 ft) |
| Depth of hold: | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 32 guns, later upgraded to 44 |
The Galathée class was a type of 32-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran, with 26 × 12-pounder and 6 × 6-pounder guns. six units were built in all, seeing service during the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War, and later in the French Revolutionary Wars. The Royal Navy captured and took into service five of the six, the sixth being wrecked early in the French Revolutionary Wars.
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