# Pallas-class frigate (1808)

The Pallas class constituted the standard design of 40-gun frigates of the French Navy during the Napoleonic Empire period. Jacques-Noël Sané designed them in 1805, as a development of his seven-ship Hortense class of 1802, and over the next eight years the Napoléonic government ordered in total 62 frigates to be built to this new design. Of these some 54 were completed, although ten of them were begun for the French Navy in shipyards within the French-occupied Netherlands or Italy, which were then under French occupation; these latter ships were completed for the Netherlands or Austrian navies after 1813.

## Ships launched in 1807 (1)

    Note – Corona was completed for the Napoleonic Italian Navy, but transferred to the French Navy in April 1810.
* Corona
    Builder: Battistella, Venice
    Ordered: 26 March 1805
    Laid down: 26 December 1806
    Launched: 27 December 1807
    Completed: December 1808
    Fate: Captured by the British Navy at the Battle of Lissa on 13 March 1811.

## Ships launched in 1808 (7)

* Pallas
    Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre (near Nantes)
    Ordered: 26 March 1805
    Laid down: October 1805
    Launched: 9 April 1808
    Completed: June 1808
    Fate: Stricken 8 November 1821 at Brest and hulked, and broken up 1841
* Elbe
    Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre
    Ordered: 26 March 1805 as Aréthuse
    Laid down: October 1805, renamed Elbe May 1807
    Launched: 23 May 1808
    Completed: July 1809
    Fate: Renamed Calypso August 1814. Condemned 1825 and taken to pieces c.1841.
* Amélie
    Builder: Toulon
    Ordered: 10 October 1807
    Laid down: November 1807
    Launched: 21 July 1808
    Completed: January 1809
    Fate: Renamed Junon April 1814. Condemned 1842.
* Clorinde
    Builder: Louis & Michel-Louis Crucy, Paimboeuf
    Ordered: 19 July 1806
    Laid down: July 1806
    Launched: 6 August 1808
    Completed: March 1809
    Fate: Captured by the British Navy in February 1814, becoming HMS Aurora.
* Renommée
    Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre
    Ordered: 26 March 1805
    Launched: 20 August 1808
    Fate: Captured by the British Navy in May 1811, becoming HMS Java; later captured by US Navy in December 1812.
* Élisa
    Builder: Le Havre
    Ordered: 20 May 1806
    Laid down: August 1806
    Launched: 22 September 1810
    Fate: Wrecked on 22 December 1810 near Réville
* Favorita
    Note – Favorita was completed for the Napoleonic Italian Navy, but transferred to the French Navy in April 1810.
    Builder: Venice
    Ordered: 1806
    Launched: 4 October 1810
    Fate: Renamed Favorite in April 1810 (on transfer). Burnt at Battle of Lissa March 1811.

## Ships launched in 1809 (3)

* Astrée
    Builder: Cherbourg
    Ordered: 1808
    Launched: May 1809
    Fate: Captured by the British Navy in December 1810, becoming HMS Pomone.
* Fidèle
    Builder: Vlissingen (Flushing)
    Ordered: 14 August 1806
    Launched: June 1809
    Fate: Captured by the British Navy in August 1809, becoming HMS Laurel.
* Adrienne
    Builder: Toulon
    Ordered: 10 October 1807
    Launched: 15 August 1809
    Fate: Renamed Aurore in April 1814, then Dauphine in September 1829 and Aurore again in August 1830. Converted to a transport 1841.

## Ships launched in 1810 (4)

* Nymphe
    Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre
    Ordered: 25 April 1807
    Launched: 1 May 1810
    Fate: Converted to a breakwater 1832
* Iphigénie
    Builder: Cherbourg
    Ordered: 1809
    Launched: 20 May 1810
    Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy in January 1814, becoming first HMS Palma and then HMS Gloire. before being sold in 1817.
* Méduse
    Builder: Paimboeuf
    Ordered: 11 March 1807
    Launched: 1 July 1810
    Fate: Wrecked in July 1816.
* Prégel
    Builder: Saint Malo
    Ordered: 1807
    Launched: 30 October 1810
    Fate: Renamed Eurydice August 1814. Deleted 1825.

## Ships launched in 1811 (9)

* Ariane
    Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre
    Ordered: 25 April 1807
    Launched: 7 April 1811
    Fate: Burnt to avoid capture in the action of 22 May 1812.
* Médée
    Builder: Genoa
    Ordered: 1808
    Launched: 5 May 1811
    Fate: Hulked 1849. Renamed Muiron 1850. Burnt 1882.
* Andromaque
    Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre
    Ordered: 10 November 1808
    Launched: 21 May 1811
    Fate: Sunk in the action of 22 May 1812.
* IJssel
    Builder: Amsterdam
    Ordered:
    Launched: May 1811
    Fate: Transferred to Netherlands 1814.
* Carolina
    Builder: Naples
    Ordered: 1807
    Launched: 16 June 1811
    Fate: Transferred to the Neapolitan Navy in December 1813.
* Princesse de Bologne
    Builder: Venice
    Ordered:
    Launched: 5 September 1811
    Fate: Transferred to the Austrian Navy in April 1814, becoming their Lipsia.
* Gloire
    Builder: Le Havre
    Ordered: 26 December 1808
    Launched: 3 November 1811
    Fate: Condemned 1822.
* Illyrienne
    Builder: Saint Malo
    Ordered: 26 December 1808
    Launched: 13 November 1811
    Fate: Renamed Hermione 30 August 1814; stricken 14 April 1841.
* Meuse
    Builder: Amsterdam
    Ordered: 1810 as Alcide, renamed September 1810 before being laid down
    Launched: 17 December 1811
    Fate: Transferred to the Netherlands Navy in May 1814, becoming their Maas.

## Ships launched in 1812 (14)

* Terpsichore
    Builder: Antwerp
    Ordered: 1810
    Launched: 26 February 1812
    Fate: Captured by the fourth rate HMS Majestic in February 1814, becoming HMS Modeste; she was broken up in 1816
* Érigone
    Builder: Antwerp
    Ordered: 1810
    Launched: 25 March 1812
* Aréthuse
    Builder: Paimboeuf
    Ordered: 26 December 1808
    Launched: 11 April 1812
    Fate: Converted to a 28-gun corvette 1833–1834. Stricken 1851 and broken up after 1865.
* Galatée
    Builder: Genoa
    Ordered: 1808
    Launched: 3 May 1812
    Fate: Stricken at Toulon 6 May 1837.
* Jahde
    Builder: Rotterdam
    Ordered:
    Launched: 9 May 1812
* Trave
    Builder: Amsterdam
    Ordered:
    Launched: 12 May 1812
* Weser
    Builder: Amsterdam
    Ordered:
    Launched: 12 May 1812
* Melpomène
    Builder: Toulon
    Ordered: 18 January 1810
    Launched: 17 May 1812
* Rubis
    Builder: Mathurin & Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre
    Ordered: 21 October 1809
    Launched: 25 May 1812
* Ems
    Builder: Rotterdam
    Ordered:
    Launched: 26 May 1812
* Atalante
    Builder: Lorient – Caudan
    Ordered: 1 July 1809 as Eurydice but renamed 1811
    Launched: 24 June 1812
* Cérès
    Builder: Brest
    Ordered:
    Launched: 12 August 1812
* Piave
    Builder: Venice
    Ordered:
    Launched: 15 August 1812
* Dryade
    Builder: Genoa
    Ordered: 1811
    Launched: 4 October 1812

## Ships launched in 1813 (4)

* Sultane
    Builder: Paimboeuf
    Ordered: 21 October 1809
    Launched: 30 May 1813
    Fate: Captured by the British Navy March 1814, becoming HMS Sultane.
* Étoile
    Builder: Paimboeuf
    Ordered: 21 October 1810 as Hyménée, but renamed before being laid down.
    Launched: 28 July 1813
    Fate: Captured by the British Navy in March 1814, becoming HMS Topaze.
* Rancune
    Builder: Toulon
    Ordered: 20 February 1812
    Launched: 30 September 1813
    Fate: Renamed Néréide about August 1814. Condemned 1825.
* Amphitrite
    Builder: Venice
    Ordered:
    Launched: October 1813
    Fate: Still incomplete in April 1814 when Venice was captured by the Austrians. Then renamed Anfitrite and later Augusta in the Austrian Navy.

## Ships launched in 1814 (3)

As noted below, all three vessels launched in 1814 were never added to the French Navy, as they were completed for the Dutch after the liberation of the Netherlands.
* Amstel
    Builder: Rotterdam
    Ordered:
    Launched: 13 September 1814
    Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Amster.
* Ambitieuse
    Builder: Amsterdam
    Ordered:
    Launched: November 1814
    Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Koningen, later Wilhelmina.
* Immortelle
    Builder: Amsterdam
    Ordered:
    Launched: November 1814
    Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1816, becoming their Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina.

## Ships launched after 1814 (12)

Six of the following were completed for the French Navy after the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy; the other six, laid down in Rotterdam and Venice while those cities were under French control, were completed for the Netherlands and Austrian Navies respectively.
* Cybèle
    Builder: Le Havre
    Ordered: 1810
    Launched: 11 April 1815
    Fate: Completed 1816. Hulked 1850 as Remise.
* Duchesse de Berry
    Builder: Lorient – Caudan
    Ordered: 1810 as Didon, renamed at launch.
    Launched: 25 August 1816
    Fate: Completed 1817. Hulked 1829 and renamed Victoire in August 1830.
* Vestale
    Builder: Rotterdam
    Ordered:
    Launched: October 1816
    Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1818, becoming their Vestale, later (1828) Rhijn.
* Fidèle
    Builder: Rotterdam
    Ordered:
    Launched: 22 November 1817
    Fate: Completed for the Netherlands Navy in 1819, becoming their Schelde.
* Constance
    Builder: Brest
    Ordered:
    Launched: 2 September 1818
    Fate: Completed 1823. Hulked 1836.
* Thétis
    Builder: Toulon
    Ordered: 1813
    Launched: 3 May 1819
    Fate: Completed 1822. Renamed 1865 as Lanninon.
* Astrée
    Builder: Paimboeuf originally, then Lorient
    Ordered: 25 March 1812
    Launched: 28 April 1820
    Fate: Completed 1821. Condemned 1842.
* Hébé
    Builder: Venice
    Ordered:
    Launched: 1820
    Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1821, becoming their Ebe.
* Armide
    Builder: Paimboeuf originally, then Lorient
    Ordered: 25 March 1812
    Launched: 1 May 1821
    Fate: Completed 1823. Renamed 1866 as Entrepot.
* Moskva
    Builder: Venice
    Ordered:
    Launched: 1827
    Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1828, becoming their Medea.
* Guerrière
    Builder: Venice
    Ordered:
    Launched: 1829
    Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1830, becoming their Juno.
* Vénus
    Builder: Venice
    Ordered:
    Launched: 1832
    Fate: Completed for the Austrian Navy in 1833, becoming their Venere.

## Ships never launched (i.e. cancelled)

* Corona
    Builder: Venice
    Begun: August 1812
    Fate: Construction abandoned April 1814 at the fall of Venice to the Austrians.
* Inconstante
    Builder: Antwerp
    Begun: August 1812
    Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies.
* Ruppel
    Builder: Antwerp
    Begun: September 1812
    Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies.
* Précieuse
    Builder: Antwerp
    Begun: September 1812
    Fate: Construction abandoned August 1814 at the fall of Antwerp to the Allies.
* Istrienne
    Builder: Trieste
    Begun: April 1813
    Fate: Construction abandoned October 1813 at the fall of Trieste to the Austrians.