Sibylle-class frigate

The Sibylle class was a class of five 32-gun sail frigates designed by Jacques-Noël Sané and built for the French Navy in the late 1770s. They carried 26 × 12-pounder guns on the upper deck and 6 × 8-pounder guns on the forecastle and quarterdeck.

• Sibylle ^[1]

Builder: Brest

Begun: April 1777

Launched: 1 September 1777

Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy in February 1783, broken up in 1784

• Néréide ^[2]

Builder: Saint Malo

Begun: October 1778

Launched: 31 May 1779

Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy in December 1797, becoming HMS Nereide; retaken by the French Navy in August 1810, but destroyed at the Battle of Grand Port in December 1810.

• Fine ^[3]

Builder: Nantes

Begun: October 1778

Launched: 11 August 1779

Fate: Wrecked in Chesapeake Bay in November 1793.

• Diane ^[4]

Builder: Saint Malo

Begun: December 1778

Launched: 18 January 1779

Fate: Lost in a tempest on 17 March 1780 off St Lucia

• Émeraude ^[5]

Builder: Nantes

Begun: December 1778

Launched: 25 October 1779

Fate: Broken up in 1797.

Start of the action between HMS Magicienne and Sibylle, 2 January 1783.
Class overview
Name	Sibylle
Operators	French Navy  Royal Navy
Planned	5
Completed	5
General characteristics
Displacement	600 tonnes
Length	43.9 metres
Beam	11.2 metres
Draught	5.4 metres
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	260
Armament	32 guns: 26 × 12-pound long guns on upper deck 6 × 8-pound long guns on quarterdeck and forecastle
Armour	Timber

End of the action between HMS Magicienne and Sibylle, 2 January 1783.