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Surveillante Class

Nationality	France
Nominal Guns	60
Approved	1823
Designer	Mathurin François Boucher (1778-1851)
Rate	Fourth Rate
Type	Frigate
Designed Crew	513
Ships in Class	9

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 888.00 French Livre (958.33 lbs 434.68 kg)		FWAS1786
Upper Gun Deck	30 x French 30-Pounder
Quarterdeck	28 x French 30-Pound Carronade
Forecastle	2 x French 18-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						54.40		14.10	7.00
La Surveillante (60)	Unknown	Lorient Dockyard - Lorient	12.8.1825	22.8.1844	Razeed	54.40		14.50	3.80
Melpoméne (60)	Unknown	Cherbourg Dockyard - Cherbourg	1828	20.3.1845	Broken Up	54.40		14.50	3.80
Belle-Gabrielle (60)	Unknown	Cherbourg Dockyard - Cherbourg	1.8.1828	1844	Razeed	54.40		14.50	3.80
L'Herminie (60)	Unknown	Lorient Dockyard - Lorient	1.7.1829	3.12.1838	Wrecked	54.40		14.50	3.80
Belle Poule (60)	Unknown	Cherbourg Dockyard - Cherbourg	26.3.1834	19.3.1861	Sold for Break Up	54.40		14.50	3.80
Sémillante (60)	11.12.1826	Lorient Dockyard - Lorient	2.2.1841	16.2.1855	Wrecked	54.40		14.50	3.80
L'Andromaque (60)	18.12.1828	Cherbourg Dockyard - Cherbourg	8.3.1841	17.8.1869	Broken Up	54.40		14.50	3.80
Le Forte (60)	18.12.1828	Cherbourg Dockyard - Cherbourg	20.2.1852	6.1.1868	Broken Up	54.40		14.50	3.80
La Pallas (60)	Unknown	Lorient Dockyard - Lorient	1.12.1861	1.12.1861	Converted to Steam	54.40		14.50	3.80

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

FWAS1786Stephen S. Roberts, Rif Winfield, Book

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