Magicienne-class frigate

• 26 × 12-pdr long guns

• 6 × 6-pdr long guns

The Magicienne class was a class of twelve fifth rate 32-gun frigates of the French Navy, each with a main battery of 26 × 12-pounder long guns, and with 6 × 6-pounder guns on the quarterdeck and forecastle. They were designed by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb.

• Magicienne :Builder: Toulon :Ordered: 7 February 1777 :Begun: March 1777 :Launched: 1 August 1778 :Completed: October 1778 :Fate: captured by British Navy off Boston on 2 July 1781 and added to the British Navy.

• Précieuse :Builder: Toulon :Ordered: 7 February 1777 :Begun: March (or August?) 1777 :Launched: 22 August 1778 :Completed: November 1778 :Fate: out of service in January 1804; broken up in July 1816.

• Sérieuse :Builder: Toulon :Ordered: 28 August 1778 :Begun: March 1779 :Launched: 28 August 1779 :Completed: October 1779 :Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir on 1 August 1798

• Lutine :Builder: Toulon :Ordered: 23 October 1778 :Begun: March 1779 :Launched: 11 September 1779 :Completed: November 1779 :Fate: captured by British Navy in August 1793, and added to the British Navy - wrecked on 9 October 1799, her ship's bell was salvaged and still hangs in Lloyd's of London.

• Vestale :Builder: Toulon :Ordered: 20 April 1780 :Begun: May 1780 :Launched: 14 October 1780 :Completed: February 1781 :Fate: captured by British Navy off Bordeaux on 19 August 1799.

• Alceste :Builder: Toulon :Ordered: 20 April 1780 :Begun: May 1780 :Launched: 28 October 1780 :Completed: February 1781 :Fate: captured on 29 August 1793 by British Navy at Toulon, but retaken by the French Boudeuse on 8 June 1794, then captured again on 18 June 1799.

• Iris :Builder: Toulon :Ordered: :Begun: May 1781 :Launched: 29 October 1781 :Completed: March 1782 :Fate: captured in August 1793 by British Navy at Toulon, but burnt on 18 December 1793 during the evacuation.

• Réunion :Builder: Toulon :Ordered: :Begun: February 1785 :Launched: 23 February 1786 :Completed: January 1787 :Fate: captured by British Navy off Cherbourg on 18 October 1793, and added to the British Navy.

• Modeste :Builder: Toulon :Ordered: :Begun: February 1785 :Launched: 18 March 1786 :Completed: January 1787 :Fate: captured by British Navy at Genoa on 7 October 1793, and added to the British Navy.

• Sensible :Builder: Toulon :Ordered: 23 January 1786 :Begun: February 1786 :Launched: 29 August 1787 :Completed: March 1788 :Fate: captured by British Navy off Malta on 28 June 1798, and added to the British Navy.

• Topaze :Builder: Toulon :Ordered: 14 March 1789 :Begun: August 1789 :Launched: 26 September 1790 :Completed: February 1791 :Fate: captured by British Navy at Toulon on 29 August 1793, and added to the British Navy.

• Artémise :Builder: Toulon :Ordered: :Begun: end 1791 :Launched: 25 September 1794 :Completed: November 1794 :Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir on 2 August 1798

References

• Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2015), French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. .
• Winfield, Rif (2008) British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. .