Seine-class frigate

The Seine class was a class of 42-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1793 by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait. The vessels were originally designed to carry a main armament of 24-pounder guns, but in the event all six were completed at Le Havre with 18-pounders. The designs of the last pair were modified by the constructor (Charles-Henri Le Tellier) and were somewhat longer than the first four. A further vessel, the Furieuse, was originally ordered at Cherbourg in February 1794 to Forfait's Romaine class design, but was actually completed to the design of the Seine class.


 * Seine
 * Builder: Le Havre
 * Begun: May 1793
 * Launched: 19 December 1793
 * Completed: March 1794
 * Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 30 June 1798, becoming HMS Seine.


 * Révolutionnaire
 * Builder: Le Havre
 * Begun: October 1793
 * Launched: 28 May 1794
 * Completed: July 1794
 * Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 21 October 1794, becoming HMS Revolutionnaire.


 * Spartiate
 * Builder: Le Havre
 * Begun: May 1794
 * Launched: late November 1794
 * Completed: December 1794
 * Fate: Renamed La Pensée May 1795. Converted to a breakwater in November 1804, deleted 1832.


 * Indienne
 * Builder: Le Havre
 * Begun: December 1794
 * Launched: 2 September 1796
 * Completed: October 1797
 * Fate: Burnt to avoid capture by the Royal Navy in April 1809.


 * Valeureuse
 * Builder: Le Havre
 * Begun: July 1797
 * Launched: 29 July 1798
 * Completed: March 1800
 * Fate: Sold to United States in September 1806.


 * Infatigable
 * Builder: Le Havre
 * Begun: July 1797
 * Launched: 6 April 1799
 * Completed: March 1800
 * Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 24 September 1806, becoming HMS Immortalité.


 * Furieuse
 * Builder: Cherbourg
 * Begun: March 1795
 * Launched: 22 September 1796
 * Completed: May 1798
 * Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy on 6 July 1809, becoming HMS Furieuse.