French frigate Armide (1804)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Armide.

The action of September 1805 in which the French captured HMS Calcutta, by Thomas Whitcombe
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameArmide
NamesakeArmida
BuilderRochefort
Laid downNovember 1802
Launched24 April 1804
Commissioned1804
Captured1806
United Kingdom
NameArmide
Stricken1815
FateBroken up
General characteristics
Class and typeArmide-class frigate
Displacement1,330 tonnes
Tons burthen1,10430⁄94 (bm)
Length47 m (154 ft 2 in)
Beam12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draught5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
PropulsionSail
Complement
  • French service: 339
  • British service: 284; later 315
Armament
  • French service
    • 28 × 18-pounder long guns
    • 8 × 8-pounders
    • 8 × 36-pounder carronades
  • British service
    • UD:
      • 28 × 18-pounder guns
    • QD:
    • Fc:
      • 2 × 9-pounder guns
      • 2 × 32-pounder carronades
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Armide was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class, and launched in 1804 at Rochefort. She served briefly in the French Navy before the Royal Navy captured her in 1806. She went on to serve in the Royal Navy until 1815 when she was broken up.