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 & 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 |
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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