French frigate Astrée (1780)

	Watercolour portrait of Astrée, by François Roux, commissioned by Willaumez
History
France
Name	Astrée
Ordered	4 December 1778
Builder	Brest (originally intended to be built at Saint-Malo)
Laid down	August 1779
Launched	16 May 1780
In service	July 1780
Out of service	29 January 1796
Fate	Wrecked 1796
General characteristics
Class and type	Nymphe-class frigate
Displacement	750 tonnes
Length	46.9 m (153 ft 10 in)
Beam	11.9 m (39 ft 1 in)
Height	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 26 x 12-pounder long guns; Castles: 6 x 6-pounder long guns;

Astrée was a 32-gun Nymphe-class frigate of the French Navy. She served in the War of American Independence under Captain Lapérouse, notably taking part in the action of 21 July 1781 and the Hudson Bay expedition. During the French Revolutionary Wars, she took part in the Atlantic campaign of May 1794. Astrée was wrecked in 1796

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