List of steam frigates of France

This is a comprehensive list of 19th-century French steam-driven (or steam-assisted) frigates - both paddle-driven and screw-propelled varieties - of the period 1841 to 1860 (including wooden-hulled frigates commenced before but launched after 1860), after which the wooden-hulled frigate merged into the evolving cruiser category.

Paddle frigates

 * Gomer-class frigate, 20 guns
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Gomer, launched 19 July 1841 at Rochefort
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Asmodée, launched 20 October 1841 at Rochefort
 * Converted paddle packets
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Darien (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.1), 14, launched 6 October 1842 at Cherbourg
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Ulloa (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.2), 14, launched 8 August 1842 at Cherbourg
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Canada (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.3), 14, launched 15 March 1843 at Brest
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Christophe Colomb (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.4), 16, launched 15 March 1843 at Brest
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Magellan (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.5), 14, launched 15 May 1843 at Brest
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Caraïbe (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.?6), 14, launched 2 December 1842 at Lorient - wrecked 11 January 1847
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Cacique (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.?7), 14, launched 9 September 1843 at Lorient
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Eldorado (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.?8), 14, launched 7 December 1843 at Lorient
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Groenland (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.9), 14, launched 13 May 1843 at Rochefort - wrecked 26 August 1844
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Montézuma (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.10), 14, launched 28 June 1843 at Rochefort – wrecked 27 July 1863, burnt 10 September 1863
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Panama (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.11), 14, launched 21 November 1843 at Rochefort
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Albatross (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.12), 14, launched 15 July 1844 at Rochefort
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Labrador (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.13), 14, launched 7 August 1842 at Toulon
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Orénoque (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.14), 14, launched 19 August 1843 at Toulon
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Infernal, 8, launched 1 May 1843 at Rochefort
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Descartes, 20, launched 5 March 1844 at Rochefort
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Vauban, 20, launched 10 March 1845 at Lorient
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Caffarelli, 20, launched 29 May 1847 at Brest
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Sané, 20, launched 15 February 1847 at Cherbourg - wrecked 23 September 1859
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Mogador, 8, launched 19 February 1848 at Rochefort

Screw frigates

 * FRENCH FRIGATE Némésis
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Isly, 40 guns, launched 19 July 1849 at Brest
 * Impératrice Eugénie-class frigate, 56 guns
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Impératrice Eugénie, launched 21 August 1856 at Toulon
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Foudre, launched 2 December 1856 at Toulon
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Audacieuse, launched 22 January 1856 at Brest
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Ardente, launched 25 May 1857 at Brest
 * Impetueuse-class frigate, 56 guns
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Impetueuse, launched 15 August 1856 at Cherbourg
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Souveraine, launched 3 June 1856 at Lorient
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Bellone, 36, converted from sail 1857-59 at Cherbourg
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Clorinde, 36, converted from sail 1857
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Danaé, 36, converted from sail 1857
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Pandore, 36, converted from sail 1857
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Pomone, 36, converted from sail 1845
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Renommée, 40, converted from sail 1857
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Zénobie, 36, converted from sail 1857
 * Sail frigates converted to steam on the stocks while building:
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Astrée, 28, launched 24 December 1859 at Lorient
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Guerrière, 34, launched 3 May 1860 at Brest
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Pallas, 34, launched 15 August 1860 at Lorient
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Hermione, 28, launched 15 August 1860 at Brest
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Circé, 28, launched 15 October 1860 at Rochefort
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Junon, 28, launched 28 January 1861 at Brest
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Sémiramis, 34, launched 8 August 1861 at Rochefort
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Victoire, 34, launched 21 August 1861 at Lorient
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Magicienne, 28, launched 26 December 1861 at Toulon
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Armorique, 22, launched 1 March 1862 at Lorient
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Thémis, 28, launched 29 April 1862 at Toulon
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Résolue, 22, launched 18 June 1863 at Cherbourg
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Flore, 25, launched 27 February 1869 at Rochefort

Sources and Bibliography

 * Demerliac, Alain: La Marine de la Restauration et de Louis-Philippe 1er: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1815 a 1848. Éditions A.N.C.R.E., Nice, 2007.
 * Roche, Jean-Michel: Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert a nos jours - Tome (Volume) I, 1781-1870. Self-publication, 2005.
 * Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.