HMS Amelia, ex-Prosperine
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Class overview | |
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Name: | Hébé class |
Builders: | Saint-Malo, Brest and Toulon |
Operators: | |
Preceded by: | Pourvoyeuse class |
Succeeded by: | Danaé class |
Planned: | 6 |
Completed: | 6 |
Lost: | 3 |
Retired: | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Frigate |
Displacement: | 700 tonnes |
Length: | 46.3 m (152 ft) |
Beam: | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
Draught: | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
Sail plan: | Ship-rigged |
Complement: | 297 |
Armament: |
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The Hébé class was a class of six 38-gun (later 40-gun) frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1781 by Jacques-Noël Sané. The name ship of the class. Hébé, was also the basis for the British Leda-class frigates after the ship had been captured.