Sibylle class frigate

Start of the action between HMS Magicienne and La Sibylle, 2 January 1783.
Class overview
Name:	Sibylle
Operators:	French Navy  Royal Navy
Planned:	5
Completed:	5
General characteristics
Displacement:	600 tonnes
Length:	43.9 metres
Beam:	11.2 metres
Draught:	5.4 metres
Propulsion:	Sail
Complement:	260
Armament:	32 guns: 26 12-pound long guns on upper deck 6 8-pound long guns on quarter deck and forecastle
Armour:	Timber

The Sibylle class was a class of five 32-gun sail frigates designed by Jacques-Noël Sané and built for the French Navy in the late 1770s. They carried 26 x 12-pounder guns on the upper deck and 6 x 8-pounder guns on the forecastle and quarter deck.