French frigate Armide (1804)

The action of September 1805 in which the French captured HMS Calcutta, by Thomas Whitcombe
History
France
Name	Armide
Namesake	Armida
Builder	Rochefort
Laid down	November 1802
Launched	24 April 1804
Commissioned	1804
Captured	1806
United Kingdom
Name	Armide
Stricken	1815
Fate	Broken up
General characteristics
Class and type	Armide-class frigate
Displacement	1,330 tonnes
Tons burthen	1,10430⁄94 (bm)
Length	47 m (154 ft 2 in)
Beam	12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	French service: 339 British service: 284; later 315
Armament	French service 28 × 18-pounder long guns 8 × 8-pounders 8 × 36-pounder carronades British service UD: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 14 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns 2 × 32-pounder carronades
Armour	Timber

Armide was a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class, and launched in 1804 at Rochefort. She served briefly in the French Navy before the Royal Navy captured her in 1806. She went on to serve in the Royal Navy until 1815 when she was broken up.