French frigate Amazone (1778)

Amazone was a 32-gun Iphigénie-class frigate of the French Navy. She was the second ship of the French Navy to receive a copper sheathing in 1778. She served in the War of American Independence under Captain Lapérouse, and later in the French Revolutionary Wars.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Amazone.
Action between Amazone (foreground) and HMS Santa Margarita, by Robert Dodd
History
France
NameAmazone
NamesakeAmazons
BuilderSaint Malo, Guillemant Dépêches and Fromy Dupuy upon plans by Léon-Michel Guignace
Laid downAugust 1777
Launched11 May 1778
CompletedJuly 1778
FateWrecked 1797
General characteristics
Class and typeIphigénie-class frigate
Displacement~1150 tonnes
Length44.2 metres
Beam11.2 metres
Draught4.9 metres
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement
  • 9 to 10 officers
  • 261 to 278 men
Armament
  • 26 × 12-pounder long guns
  • 6 × 6-pounder long guns
  • 4 × 36-pounder obusiers de vaisseau added in 1794.
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