List of steam frigates of France

This is a comprehensive list of 19th-century French steam-driven (or steam-assisted) frigates \- both paddle-driven and screw-propelled varieties - of the period 1841 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 frigates[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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

## See also[edit]

* List of French sail frigates
* List of French modern frigates
* List of French current frigates

## Sources and Bibliography[edit]

* Demerliac, Alain: La Marine de la Restauration et de Louis-Philippe 1er: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1815 a 1848. Éditions A.N.C.R.E., Nice, 2007.
* Roche, Jean-Michel: Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert a nos jours \- Tome (Volume) I, 1781-1870. Self-publication, 2005.
* Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.

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