Concorde class frigate

The Concorde class was a type of 32-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Henri Chevillard, carrying 12-pounder long guns as their main armament. Three ships of this type were build between 1778 and 1779, and served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionnary Wars.

The class is noteworthy for comprising a fourth unit, Hermione, laid down in 1997 and launched in 2012; she is a replica ship of the Hermione of 1779, famous for ferrying General Lafayette and for her role in the Naval battle of Louisbourg under the command of Lieutenant de Latouche, who would rise to become Vice-admiral Latouche-Tréville.

Ships

 * Concorde
 * Builder: Rochefort
 * Begun: April 1777
 * Launched: 3 September 1777
 * Completed: January 1778
 * Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 15 February 1783. Sold on 21 February 1811.


 * Courageuse
 * Builder: Rochefort
 * Begun: September 1777
 * Launched: 28 February 1778
 * Completed: April 1778
 * Fate: Captured by HMS Centaur in the Action of 18 June 1799


 * Hermione
 * Builder: Rochefort
 * Begun: March 1778
 * Launched: 28 April 1779
 * Completed: June 1779
 * Fate: Ran aground and wrecked due to a navigation error of her pilot at Croisic on 20 September 1793


 * Hermione
 * Builder: Rochefort
 * Begun: 1997
 * Launched: 2012