Hébé-class frigate
HMS Amelia, ex-Proserpine | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Hébé class |
| Builders | Saint-Malo, Brest and Toulon |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Pourvoyeuse class |
| Succeeded by | Danaé class |
| Planned | 6 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Lost | 3 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Frigate |
| Displacement | 700 tonnes |
| Length | 46.3 m (152 ft) |
| Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
| Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Sail plan | Ship-rigged |
| Complement | 297 |
| Armament |
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The Hébé class was a class of six 38-gun (later 40-gun) frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1781 by Jacques-Noël Sané. The name ship of the class. Hébé, was also the basis for the British Leda-class frigates after the ship had been captured.