Pallas-class frigate (1808) explained

The Pallas class constituted the standard design of 40-gun frigates of the French Navy during the Napoleonic Empire period. Jacques-Noël Sané designed them in 1805, as a development of his seven-ship of 1802, and over the next eight years the Napoléonic government ordered in total 62 frigates to be built to this new design. Of these some 54 were completed, although ten of them were begun for the French Navy in shipyards within the French-occupied Netherlands or Italy, which were then under French occupation; these latter ships were completed for the Netherlands or Austrian navies after 1813.

Ships launched in 1807 (1)

Note – Corona was completed for the Napoleonic Italian Navy, but transferred to the French Navy in April 1810.

Builder: Battistella, Venice

Ordered: 26 March 1805

Laid down: 26 December 1806

Launched: 27 December 1807

Completed: December 1808

Fate: Captured by the British Navy at the Battle of Lissa on 13 March 1811.

Ships launched in 1808 (7)

Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre (near Nantes)

Ordered: 26 March 1805

Laid down: October 1805

Launched: 9 April 1808

Completed: June 1808

Fate: Stricken 8 November 1821 at Brest and hulked, and broken up 1841

Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre

Ordered: 26 March 1805 as Aréthuse

Laid down: October 1805, renamed Elbe May 1807

Launched: 23 May 1808

Completed: July 1809

Fate: Renamed Calypso August 1814. Condemned 1825 and taken to pieces c.1841.

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 10 October 1807

Laid down: November 1807

Launched: 21 July 1808

Completed: January 1809

Fate: Renamed Junon April 1814. Condemned 1842.

Builder: Louis & Michel-Louis Crucy, Paimboeuf

Ordered: 19 July 1806

Laid down: July 1806

Launched: 6 August 1808

Completed: March 1809

Fate: Captured by the British Navy in February 1814, becoming HMS Aurora.

Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre

Ordered: 26 March 1805

Launched: 20 August 1808

Fate: Captured by the British Navy in May 1811, becoming HMS Java; later captured by US Navy in December 1812.

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered: 20 May 1806

Laid down: August 1806

Launched: 22 September 1810

Fate: Wrecked on 22 December 1810 near Réville

Note – Favorita was completed for the Napoleonic Italian Navy, but transferred to the French Navy in April 1810.

Builder: Venice

Ordered: 1806

Launched: 4 October 1810

Fate: Renamed Favorite in April 1810 (on transfer). Burnt at Battle of Lissa March 1811.

Ships launched in 1809 (3)

Builder: Cherbourg

Ordered: 1808

Launched: May 1809

Fate: Captured by the British Navy in December 1810, becoming HMS Pomone.

Builder: Vlissingen (Flushing)

Ordered: 14 August 1806

Launched: June 1809

Fate: Captured by the British Navy in August 1809, becoming HMS Laurel.

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 10 October 1807

Launched: 15 August 1810

Fate: Renamed Aurore in April 1814, then Dauphine in September 1829 and Aurore again in August 1830. Converted to a transport 1841.

Ships launched in 1810 (4)

Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre

Ordered: 25 April 1807

Launched: 1 May 1810

Fate: Converted to a breakwater 1832

Builder: Cherbourg

Ordered: 1809

Launched: 20 May 1810

Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy in January 1814, becoming first HMS Palma and then HMS Gloire. before being sold in 1817.

Builder: Paimboeuf

Ordered: 11 March 1807

Launched: 1 July 1810

Fate: Wrecked in July 1816.

Builder: Saint Malo

Ordered: 1807

Launched: 30 October 1810

Fate: Renamed Eurydice August 1814. Deleted 1825.

Ships launched in 1811 (9)

Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre

Ordered: 25 April 1807

Launched: 7 April 1811

Fate: Burnt to avoid capture in the action of 22 May 1812.

Builder: Genoa

Ordered: 1808

Launched: 5 May 1811

Fate: Hulked 1849. Renamed Muiron 1850. Burnt 1882.

Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre

Ordered: 10 November 1808

Launched: 21 May 1811

Fate: Sunk in the action of 22 May 1812.

Builder: Amsterdam

Ordered:

Launched: May 1811

Fate: Transferred to Netherlands 1814.

Builder: Naples

Ordered: 1807

Launched: 16 June 1811

Fate: Transferred to the Neapolitan Navy in December 1813.

Builder: Venice

Ordered:

Launched: 5 September 1811

Fate: Transferred to the Austrian Navy in April 1814, becoming their Lipsia.

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered: 26 December 1808

Launched: 3 November 1811

Fate: Condemned 1822.

Builder: Saint Malo

Ordered: 26 December 1808

Launched: 13 November 1811

Fate: Renamed Hermione 30 August 1814; stricken 14 April 1841.

Builder: Amsterdam

Ordered: 1810 as Alcide, renamed September 1810 before being laid down

Launched: 17 December 1811

Fate: Transferred to the Netherlands Navy in May 1814, becoming their Maas.

Ships launched in 1812 (14)

Builder: Antwerp

Ordered: 1810

Launched: 26 February 1812

Fate: Captured by the fourth rate in February 1814, becoming HMS Modeste; she was broken up in 1816

Builder: Antwerp

Ordered: 1810

Launched: 25 March 1812

Builder: Paimboeuf

Ordered: 26 December 1808

Launched: 11 April 1812

Fate: Converted to a 28-gun corvette 1833–1834. Stricken 1851 and broken up after 1865.

Builder: Genoa

Ordered: 1808

Launched: 3 May 1812

Fate: Stricken at Toulon 6 May 1837.

Builder: Rotterdam

Ordered:

Launched: 9 May 1812

Builder: Amsterdam

Ordered:

Launched: 12 May 1812

Builder: Amsterdam

Ordered:

Launched: 12 May 1812

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 18 January 1810

Launched: 17 May 1812

Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre

Ordered: 21 October 1809

Launched: 25 May 1812

Builder: Rotterdam

Ordered:

Launched: 26 May 1812

Builder: Lorient – Caudan

Ordered: 1 July 1809 as Eurydice but renamed 1811

Launched: 24 June 1812

Builder: Brest

Ordered:

Launched: 12 August 1812

Builder: Venice

Ordered:

Launched: 15 August 1812

Builder: Genoa

Ordered: 1811

Launched: 4 October 1812

Ships launched in 1813 (4)

Builder: Paimboeuf

Ordered: 21 October 1809

Launched: 30 May 1813

Fate: Captured by the British Navy March 1814, becoming HMS Sultane.

Builder: Paimboeuf

Ordered: 21 October 1810 as Hyménée, but renamed before being laid down.

Launched: 28 July 1813

Fate: Captured by the British Navy in March 1814, becoming HMS Topaze.

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 20 February 1812

Launched: 30 September 1813

Fate: Renamed Néréide about August 1814. Condemned 1825.

Builder: Venice

Ordered:

Launched: October 1813

Fate: Still incomplete in April 1814 when Venice was captured by the Austrians. Then renamed Anfitrite and later Augusta in the Austrian Navy.

Ships launched in 1814 (3)

As noted below, all three vessels launched in 1814 were never added to the French Navy, as they were completed for the Dutch after the liberation of the Netherlands.

Builder: Rotterdam

Ordered:

Launched: 13 September 1814

Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Amster.

Builder: Amsterdam

Ordered:

Launched: November 1814

Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Koningen, later Wilhelmina.

Builder: Amsterdam

Ordered:

Launched: November 1814

Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina.

Ships launched after 1814 (12)

Six of the following were completed for the French Navy after the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy; the other six, laid down in Rotterdam and Venice while those cities were under French control, were completed for the Netherlands and Austrian Navies respectively.

Builder: Le Havre

Ordered: 1810

Launched: 11 April 1815

Fate: Completed 1816. Hulked 1850 as Remise.

Builder: Lorient – Caudan

Ordered: 1810 as Didon, renamed at launch.

Launched: 25 August 1816

Fate: Completed 1817. Hulked 1829 and renamed Victoire in August 1830.

Builder: Rotterdam

Ordered:

Launched: October 1816

Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1818, becoming their Vestale, later (1828) Rhijn.

Builder: Rotterdam

Ordered:

Launched: 22 November 1817

Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1819, becoming their Schelde.

Builder: Brest

Ordered:

Launched: 2 September 1818

Fate: Completed 1823. Hulked 1836.

Builder: Toulon

Ordered: 1813

Launched: 3 May 1819

Fate: Completed 1822. Renamed 1865 as Lanninon.

Builder: Paimboeuf originally, then Lorient

Ordered: 25 March 1812

Launched: 28 April 1820

Fate: Completed 1821. Condemned 1842.

Builder: Venice

Ordered:

Launched: 1820

Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1821, becoming their Ebe.

Builder: Paimboeuf originally, then Lorient

Ordered: 25 March 1812

Launched: 1 May 1821

Fate: Completed 1823. Renamed 1866 as Entrepot.

Builder: Venice

Ordered:

Launched: 1827

Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1828, becoming their Medea.

Builder: Venice

Ordered:

Launched: 1829

Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1830, becoming their Juno.

Builder: Venice

Ordered:

Launched: 1832

Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1833, becoming their Venere.

Ships never launched (i.e. cancelled)

Builder: Venice

Begun: August 1812

Fate: Construction abandoned April 1814 at the fall of Venice to the Austrians.

Builder: Antwerp

Begun: August 1812

Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies.

Builder: Antwerp

Begun: September 1812

Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies.

Builder: Antwerp

Begun: September 1812

Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies.

Builder: Trieste

Begun: April 1813

Fate: Construction abandoned October 1813 at the fall of Trieste to the Austrians.

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