Magicienne-class frigate

The Magicienne class was a type of twelve 32-gun frigates of the French Navy, each with a main battery of 26 x 12-pounder long guns, and with 6 x 6-pounders on the quarterdeck and forecastle. They were designed by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb.


 * Magicienne
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered: 7 February 1777
 * Begun: March 1777
 * Launched: 1 August 1778
 * Completed: October 1778
 * Fate: captured by British Navy off Boston on 2 July 1781 and added to the British Navy.


 * Précieuse
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered: 7 February 1777
 * Begun: March (or August?) 1777
 * Launched: 22 August 1778
 * Completed: November 1778
 * Fate: out of service in January 1804; broken up in July 1816.


 * Sérieuse
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered: 28 August 1778
 * Begun: March 1779
 * Launched: 28 August 1779
 * Completed: October 1779
 * Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir on 1 August 1798


 * Lutine
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered: 23 October 1778
 * Begun: March 1779
 * Launched: 11 September 1779
 * Completed: November 1779
 * Fate: captured by British Navy in August 1793, and added to the British Navy - wrecked on 9 October 1799, her ship's bell was salvaged and still hangs in Lloyd's of London.


 * Vestale
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered: 20 April 1780
 * Begun: May 1780
 * Launched: 14 October 1780
 * Completed: February 1781
 * Fate: captured by British Navy off Bordeaux on 19 August 1799.


 * Alceste
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered: 20 April 1780
 * Begun: May 1780
 * Launched: 28 October 1780
 * Completed: February 1781
 * Fate: captured on 29 August 1793 by British Navy at Toulon, but retaken by the French Boudeuse on 8 June 1794, then captured again on 18 June 1799.


 * Iris
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered:
 * Begun: May 1781
 * Launched: 29 October 1781
 * Completed: March 1782
 * Fate: captured in August 1793 by British Navy at Toulon, but burnt on 18 December 1793 during the evacuation.


 * Réunion
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered:
 * Begun: February 1785
 * Launched: 23 February 1786
 * Completed: January 1787
 * Fate: captured by British Navy off Cherbourg on 18 October 1793, and added to the British Navy.


 * Modeste
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered:
 * Begun: February 1785
 * Launched: 18 March 1786
 * Completed: January 1787
 * Fate: captured by British Navy at Genoa on 7 October 1793, and added to the British Navy.


 * Sensible
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered: 23 January 1786
 * Begun: February 1786
 * Launched: 29 August 1787
 * Completed: March 1788
 * Fate: captured by British Navy off Malta on 28 June 1798, and added to the British Navy.


 * Topaze
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered: 14 March 1789
 * Begun: August 1789
 * Launched: 26 September 1790
 * Completed: February 1791
 * Fate: captured by British Navy at Toulon on 29 August 1793, and added to the British Navy.


 * Artémise
 * Builder: Toulon
 * Ordered:
 * Begun: end 1791
 * Launched: 25 September 1794
 * Completed: November 1794
 * Fate: sunk at the Battle of Aboukir on 2 August 1798