Hermione-class frigate
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Hermione |
| Builders: | Brest[1] |
| Operators: |
 French Navy |
| Planned: | 2[2] |
| Completed: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 350 tonnes [1] |
| Length: | 37.4 metres [1] (115 French feet) |
| Beam: | 9.7 metres [1] (30 French feet) |
| Sail plan: | Ship-rigged |
| Armament: | 30 guns |
| Armour: | Timber |
The Hermione class was a type of 30-gun frigates of the French Navy, carrying a half-battery of 12-pounder long guns on their lower deck as their main armament, and a complete battery of 6-pounder guns on the upper deck. Two ships of this type were built in 1699 on plans by Blaise Pangalo.[1] They were labelled "5th-rank frigates-ships" at the time.[1]
Ships
- Hermione
- Builder: Brest [1]
- Begun: May 1699 [1]
- Launched: 23 September 1699 [1]
- Completed: early 1700
- Fate: "Lost" about April 1705 />
- Méduse
- Builder: Brest [3]
- Begun: May 1699 [3]
- Launched: 24 September 1699 [3]
- Completed: early 1700
- Fate: Wrecked, either in 1733 at Port-Louis according to Vichot, or in the Indies in 1713.[3]
Notes and References
Notes
References
Bibliography
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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