Hermione-class frigate (French Navy)

For other frigate classes of the same name, see Hermione-class frigate.

A Hermione-class frigate was a type of 30-gun frigate of the French Navy, carrying a half-battery of 12-pounder long guns on the lower deck as its main armament, and a complete battery of 6-pounder guns on the upper deck. Two ships of this type were built in 1699 on plans by Blaise Pangalo.^[1] They were labelled "5th-rank frigates-ships" at the time.^[1]

Class overview
Name	Hermione
Builders	Brest[1]
Operators	French Navy
Planned	2[2]
Completed	2
General characteristics
Displacement	350 tonnes [1]
Length	37.4 metres [1] (115 French feet)
Beam	9.7 metres [1] (30 French feet)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	30 guns
Armour	Timber

Ships

• Hermione

Builder: Brest ^[1]

Begun: May 1699 ^[1]

Launched: 23 September 1699 ^[1]

Completed: early 1700

Fate: "Lost" about April 1705

• Méduse

Builder: Brest ^[3]

Begun: May 1699 ^[3]

Launched: 24 September 1699 ^[3]

Completed: early 1700

Fate: Wrecked, either in 1733 at Port-Louis according to Vichot, or in the Indies in 1713.^[3]