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Capture of the Thétis by HMS Amethyst on 10 November 1808, by Thomas Whitcombe
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Nymphe |
| Builders: | Brest |
| Operators: | |
| Preceded by: | Danaé class |
| Succeeded by: | Minerve class |
| Planned: | 6 |
| Completed: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 750 tonnes |
| Length: | 46.9 m (154 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
| Sail plan: | Ship-rigged |
| Complement: | 297 |
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The Nymphe class was a class of six 40-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1781 by Pierre-Augustin Lamothe. The prototype (Nymphe) was one of the earliest 18-pounder armed frigates.