# List of steam frigates of France

This is a comprehensive list of 19th-century French steam-driven (or steam-assisted) frigates and corvettes - both paddle-driven and screw-propelled varieties - of the period 1838 to 1860 (including wooden-hulled frigates commenced before but launched after 1860), after which the wooden-hulled frigate merged into the evolving cruiser category.

## Paddle corvettes

* Véloce class, 7 guns
** Véloce, launched 12 March 1838 at Rochefort
** Lavoisier, launched 4 October 1838 at Indret
** Caméléon, launched 20 November 1839 at Rochefort
** Gassendi, launched 27 September 1840 at Indret
** Pluton, launched 22 April 1841 at Brest
* Cuvier, 12, launched 5 September 1842 at Lorient
* Archimède, 6, launched 25 April 1842 at Brest
* Converted paddle packets
** Phoque (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.15), 6, launched 7 August 1842 at Indret
** Espadon (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.16), 6, launched 4 October 1842 at Indret
** Elan (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.17), 6, launched 30 March 1843 at Indret
** Caïman (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.18), 6, launched 28 June 1843 at Indret
* Titan, 4, launched 19 March 1844 at Toulon
* Cassini, 4, launched 22 April 1845 at Lorient
* Prony (ex-Socrate), 5, launched 23 September 1847 at Brest/Indret
* Colbert, 8, launched 5 May 1848 at Cherbourg
* Newton, 6, launched 14 October 1848 at Cherbourg
* Catinat, 6, launched 11 October 1851 at Rochefort
* Coligny, 4, launched 5 November 1850 at Rochefort
* Eumenide, 4, launched 23 March 1848 at Chaigneau & Bichon, Bordeaux
* Gorgone, 4, launched 14 August 1848 at Chaigneau & Bichon, Bordeaux
* Laborieux, 2, launched 29 July 1848 at Rochefort
* Souffleur, 2, launched 17 September 1849 at Indret
* Tanger class, 4 guns
** Tanger, launched 26 March 1849 at Brest
** Tisiphone, launched 27 August 1851 at Lorient
* Berthollet, 6, launched 7 July 1850 at Rochefort

## Paddle frigates

* Gomer class, 20 guns
** Gomer, launched 19 July 1841 at Rochefort
** Asmodée, launched 20 October 1841 at Rochefort
* Converted paddle packets
** Darien (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.1), 14, launched 6 October 1842 at Cherbourg
** Ulloa (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.2), 14, launched 8 August 1842 at Cherbourg
** Canada (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.3), 14, launched 15 March 1843 at Brest
** Christophe Colomb (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.4), 16, launched 15 March 1843 at Brest
** Magellan (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.5), 14, launched 15 May 1843 at Brest
** Caraïbe (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.6), 14, launched 2 December 1842 at Lorient - wrecked 11 January 1847
** Cacique (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.7), 14, launched 9 September 1843 at Lorient
** Eldorado (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.8), 14, launched 7 December 1843 at Lorient
** Groenland (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.9), 14, launched 13 May 1843 at Rochefort - wrecked 26 August 1844
** Montézuma (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.10), 14, launched 28 June 1843 at Rochefort – wrecked 27 July 1863, burnt 10 September 1863
** Panama (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.11), 14, launched 21 November 1843 at Rochefort
** Albatross (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.12), 14, launched 15 July 1844 at Rochefort
** Labrador (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.13), 14, launched 7 August 1842 at Toulon
** Orénoque (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.14), 14, launched 19 August 1843 at Toulon
* Infernal, 8, launched 1 May 1843 at Rochefort
* Descartes, 20, launched 5 March 1844 at Rochefort
* Vauban, 20, launched 10 March 1845 at Lorient
* Caffarelli, 20, launched 29 May 1847 at Brest
* Sané, 20, launched 15 February 1847 at Cherbourg - wrecked 23 September 1859
* Mogador, 8, launched 19 February 1848 at Rochefort

## Screw frigates

* Némésis
* Isly, 40 guns, launched 19 July 1849 at Brest
* Impératrice Eugénie class, 56 guns
** Impératrice Eugénie, launched 21 August 1856 at Toulon
** Foudre, launched 2 December 1856 at Toulon
** Audacieuse, launched 22 January 1856 at Brest
** Ardente, launched 25 May 1857 at Brest
* Impetueuse class, 56 guns
** Impetueuse, launched 15 August 1856 at Cherbourg
** Souveraine, launched 3 June 1856 at Lorient
* Bellone, 36, converted from sail 1857-59 at Cherbourg
* Clorinde, 36, converted from sail 1857
* Danaé, 36, converted from sail 1857
* Pandore, 36, converted from sail 1857
* Pomone, 36, converted from sail 1845
* Renommée, 40, converted from sail 1857
* Zénobie, 36, converted from sail 1857
* Sail frigates converted to steam on the stocks while building:
** Astrée, 28, launched 24 December 1859 at Lorient
** Guerrière, 34, launched 3 May 1860 at Brest
** Pallas, 34, launched 15 August 1860 at Lorient
** Hermione, 28, launched 15 August 1860 at Brest
** Circé, 28, launched 15 October 1860 at Rochefort
** Junon, 28, launched 28 January 1861 at Brest
** Sémiramis, 34, launched 8 August 1861 at Rochefort
** Victoire, 34, launched 21 August 1861 at Lorient
** Magicienne, 28, launched 26 December 1861 at Toulon
** Armorique, 22, launched 1 March 1862 at Lorient
** Thémis, 28, launched 29 April 1862 at Toulon
** Résolue, 22, launched 18 June 1863 at Cherbourg
** Flore, 25, launched 27 February 1869 at Rochefort