Original sentence: Néréïde (1724).Rieuse (26-gun design by Audibert, with 22 x 8-pounder and 4 x 4-pounder guns, launched 1674 at Toulon) - renamed Arc-en-Ciel 1676
Edited sentence: (this section is under construction, and only includes a proportion of the actual ships it will finally encompass).Actif 1672.As Fourth Rate vessels (Quatrième Rang) they were classed as ships of the line.Aurore 1665 (renamed Sibylle in June 1671).Below this Rate were the Frégates légères ("light frigates") carrying fewer guns.Boufonne 1670.Cach 1673.Christine 1666.Dauphin 1674.Dieppoise 1668.Diligente 1666.Dur 1671.Eclair 1673.Entreprenant 1672.Entreprenant 1673.Gaillarde 1668.Hermine 1664.Hirondelle 1664.Jeux 1670.Laurier 1670.Perilleux 1671.These carried 8-pounder guns in their lower deck battery.These were single-decked ships, carrying a battery of 6-pounder or 8-pounder guns on their sole gundeck.These were two-decked ships, carrying 12-pounder guns in their lower deck battery.Tourbillon 1670.Trompeuse 1670.Under the classification system introduced by Colbert in 1669, as altered in 1671, the "Cinquième Rang" (Fifth Rate) comprised frigates, both single-decked and two-decked, carrying between 28 and 34 guns (increased in 1683 to between 30 and 36 guns).Victoire 1671