Galathée-class frigate

The Galathée class was a type of 32-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran, with 26 x 12-pounder and 6 x 6-pounder guns. Four units were built, seeing service during the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War, and later in the French Revolutionary Wars.


 * Galathée
 * Builder: Rochefort
 * Ordered:
 * Launched: 1779
 * Fate: wrecked in 1795


 * Railleuse
 * Builder: Bordeaux
 * Ordered:
 * Launched: 1779
 * Fate: sold as a privateer and later captured by the Royal Navy. Taken into British service as HMS Antigua.


 * Fleur de Lys
 * Builder: Rochefort
 * Ordered:
 * Launched: 1785
 * Fate: renamed to Pique, captured by the Royal Navy and taken into British service as HMS Pique


 * Charente Inférieure
 * Builder: Rochefort
 * Ordered:
 * Launched: 1793
 * Fate: renamed Tribune in February 1794, captured by British Navy 1796 and taken into British service as HMS Tribune (1796), being wrecked the next year


 * Républicaine française
 * Builder: Bordeaux
 * Ordered:
 * Launched: 1794
 * Fate: