Charmante Class | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | France |
| Nominal Guns | 32 |
| Approved | 1777 |
| Designer | Jean-Denis Chevillard |
| Rate | Fifth Rate |
| Type | Frigate |
| Designed Crew | 280 |
| Ships in Class | 5 |
| Design Armament | Broadside Weight = 174 French Livre (187.746 lbs 85.173 kg) | NNF-1774 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Gun Deck | 26 | French 12-Pounder | |
| Quarterdeck | 4 | French 6-Pounder | |
| Forecastle | 2 | French 6-Pounder | |
| Design Dimensions and Ship Information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordered | Shipyard | Launched | Out of service | Fate | Gundeck Length | Length of Keel | Breadth | Depth in hold | Burthen | |
| As Designed | 136' 0" | 34' 6" | 17' 6" | 535 | ||||||
| Charmante | Unknown | Rochefort | 1777/08/30 | 1780/03 | Wrecked | 136' 0" | 34' 6" | 17' 6" | 535 | |
| Junon | Unknown | Rochefort | 1778/03 | 1780/10 | Wrecked | 136' 0" | 34' 6" | 17' 6" | 535 | |
| Gracieuse | Unknown | Rochefort | 1787/05/19 | 1796/04/12 | Captured | 136' 0" | 34' 6" | 17' 6" | 535 | |
| L'Inconstante | Unknown | Rochefort | 1790/09/08 | 1793/10/29 | Captured | 136' 0" | 34' 6" | 17' 6" | 535 | |
| La Hélène | Unknown | Rochefort | 1791/05/18 | 1793/05 | Captured | 136' 0" | 34' 6" | 17' 6" | 535 | |
| Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Description | Author | Type |
| NNF-1774 | Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792 | Alain Demerliac | Book |