Virginie-class frigate
 The Virginie class was a class of ten 44-gun frigates of the French Navy designed in 1793 by Jacques-Noël Sané. An eleventh vessel (Zephyr) begun in 1794 was never completed. VirginieBuilder: BrestBegun: November 1793Launched: 26 July 1794Completed: December 1794Fate: Captured by the British Navy on 22 April 1796 becoming HMS Virginie. CourageuseBuilder: BrestBegun: December 1793Launched: early August 1794Completed: December 1794Fate: Renamed Justice April 1795.