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Surveillante Class

NationalityFrance
Nominal Guns60
Approved1823
Designer
Mathurin François BoucherFrench
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Ship Builder
Service 1794-1851
RateFourth Rate
TypeFrigate
Designed Crew513
Ships in Class9

Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 888.00 French Livre (958.33 lbs 434.68 kg)FWAS1786
Upper Gun Deck30 x French 30-Pounder
Quarterdeck28 x French 30-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 x French 18-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     54.40 14.107.00 
La Surveillante (60) 1825-1844
French 60 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
UnknownLorient Dockyard - Lorient 12.8.182522.8.1844Razeed54.40 14.503.80 
La Melpomène (60) 1828-1845
French 60 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
UnknownCherbourg Dockyard - Cherbourg 182820.3.1845Broken Up54.40 14.503.80 
La Belle-Gabrielle (60) 1828-1844
French 60 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
1830 Renamed "Indépendante"
UnknownCherbourg Dockyard - Cherbourg 1.8.18281844Razeed54.40 14.503.80 
L'Herminie (60) 1829-1838
French 60 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
UnknownLorient Dockyard - Lorient 1.7.18293.12.1838Wrecked54.40 14.503.80 
La Belle Poule (60) 1834-1861
French 60 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
UnknownCherbourg Dockyard - Cherbourg 26.3.183419.3.1861Sold for Break Up54.40 14.503.80 
La Sémillante (60) 1841-1855
French 60 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
11.12.1826Lorient Dockyard - Lorient 2.2.184115.2.1855Wrecked54.40 14.503.80 
L'Andromaque (60) 1841-1869
French 60 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
18.12.1828Cherbourg Dockyard - Cherbourg 8.3.184117.8.1869Broken Up54.40 14.503.80 
La Forte (60) 1852-1868
French 60 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
18.12.1828Cherbourg Dockyard - Cherbourg 20.2.18526.1.1868Broken Up54.40 14.503.80 
La Pallas (60) 1861-1861
French 60 Gun
4th Rate Screw Frigate
UnknownLorient Dockyard - Lorient 1.12.18611.12.1861Converted to Steam54.40 14.503.80 

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