Virginie-class frigate

The Virginie class was a class of ten 44-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1793 by Jacques-Noël Sané. An eleventh vessel (Zephyr) begun in 1794 was never completed.


 * Virginie
 * Builder: Brest
 * Begun: November 1793
 * Launched: 26 July 1794
 * Completed: December 1794
 * Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 22 April 1796, becoming HMS Virginie.


 * Courageuse
 * Builder: Brest
 * Begun: December 1793
 * Launched: early August 1794
 * Completed: December 1794
 * Fate: Renamed Justice April 1795. Captured by the British Navy in September 1801, but not added to Royal Navy; instead, handed over to the Turkish Navy.


 * Harmonie
 * Builder: Bordeaux
 * Begun: May 1794
 * Launched: early 1796
 * Completed: May 1796
 * Fate: Beached and burnt to avoid capture by the British Navy in April 1797.


 * Volontaire
 * Builder: Bordeaux
 * Begun: September 1794
 * Launched: 7 June 1796
 * Completed: 1796
 * Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 4 March 1806, becoming HMS Volontaire.


 * Cornélie
 * Builder: Brest
 * Begun: March 1794
 * Launched: 19 September 1796
 * Completed: April 1798
 * Fate: Captured by the Spanish Navy in June 1808, becoming Spanish Cornelia.


 * Zéphyr
 * Builder: Brest
 * Begun: March 1794
 * Fate: Construction abandoned in April 1804 (never launched).


 * Didon
 * Builder: Saint Malo
 * Begun: September 1796
 * Launched: 1 August 1799
 * Completed: September 1800
 * Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 10 August 1805, becoming HMS Didon.


 * Atalante
 * Builder: Saint Malo
 * Begun: September 1799
 * Launched: 29 June 1802
 * Completed: July 1802
 * Fate: Wrecked in November 1805.


 * Rhin
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Begun: June 1801
 * Launched: 15 April 1802
 * Completed: October 1802
 * Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 27 July 1806, becoming HMS Rhin.


 * Belle Poule
 * Builder: Basse-Indre
 * Begun: June 1801
 * Launched: 17 April 1802
 * Completed: September 1802
 * Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 13 March 1806, becoming HMS Belle Poule.


 * Surveillante
 * Builder: Basse-Indre
 * Begun: July 1801
 * Launched: 29 May 1802
 * Completed: December 1802
 * Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 30 November 1803, becoming HMS Surveillante.