Galathée-class frigate

The Galathée class was a type of 32-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran, with 26 × 12-pounder and 6 × 6-pounder guns. six units were built in all, seeing service during the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War, and later in the French Revolutionary Wars. The Royal Navy captured and took into service five of the six, the sixth being wrecked early 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 captured in 1804 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 in 1796

• Charente Inférieure

Builder: Rochefort

Ordered:

Launched: 1793

Fate: renamed Tribune in February 1794, captured by British Navy in 1796 and taken into British service as HMS Tribune, being wrecked the next year

• Républicaine française

Builder: Bordeaux

Ordered:

Launched: 1794

Fate: renamed Renommée in 1795; captured by British Navy in 1796, becoming HMS Renommee. Broken up 1810

• Décade Française

Builder: Pierre Guibert, Bordeaux

Ordered:

Launched: 1794

Fate: Renamed Décade in 1795; captured by British navy in 1798, becoming HMS Decade. Sold 1811

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1744 — 1811  Wikidata
Galathee-class frigate
6 produced, 
frigate, French Navy, Rochefort, 

Coquille, Galathée, HMS Antigua, HMS Decade, HMS Pique, HMS Tribune, Le Normand-class frigate, 

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  Galathée ⓘ
  1779 Galathée-class frigate

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  HMS Decade ⓘ
  1794 Galathée-class frigate

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  HMS Pique ⓘ
  1785 Galathée-class frigate

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  HMS Antigua ⓘ
  1779 Galathée-class frigate

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  HMS Tribune ⓘ
  1793 Galathée-class frigate

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1794 HMS Decade

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1795 HMS Pique

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1804 HMS Antigua

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		Galathée	Galathée-class frigate, frigate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1794	HMS Decade	fifth-rate frigate, Galathée-class frigate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1795	HMS Pique	fifth-rate frigate, Galathée-class frigate	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1804	HMS Antigua	fifth-rate frigate, Galathée-class frigate	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1796	HMS Tribune	fifth-rate frigate, shipwreck, frigate, Galathée-class frigate	Wikidata