Sémillante-class frigate

The Sémillante class was a type of 12-pounder 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Pierre-Joseph Pénétreau.


 * Sémillante
 * Builder: Lorient
 * Ordered:
 * Laid down: December 1790
 * Launched: 25 November 1791
 * Completed: May 1792
 * Fate: Given to Robert Surcouf at Mauritius in September 1808 and armed by him as a privateer, renamed Charles. Captured by the Royal Navy in December 1809 and broken up.


 * Insurgente
 * Builder: Lorient
 * Ordered:
 * Laid down: 5 November 1791
 * Launched: 27 April 1793
 * Completed: June 1793
 * Fate: Captured by the US Navy off Nevis on 8 February 1799, recommissioned as USS Insurgent, but lost at sea in September 1800.