The Galathée class was a type of 32-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Raymond-Antoine Haran, with 26 × 12-pounder and 6 × 6-pounder guns. six units were built in all, seeing service during the Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War, and later in the French Revolutionary Wars. The Royal Navy captured and took into service five of the six, the sixth being wrecked early in the French Revolutionary Wars.
Galathée Builder: Rochefort Ordered: Launched: 1779 Fate: wrecked in 1795
Railleuse Builder: Bordeaux Ordered: Launched: 1779 Fate: sold as a privateer and captured in 1804 by the Royal Navy. Taken into British service as HMS Antigua.
Fleur de Lys Builder: Rochefort Ordered: Launched: 1785 Fate: renamed to Pique, captured by the Royal Navy and taken into British service as HMS Pique in 1796
Charente Inférieure Builder: Rochefort Ordered: Launched: 1793 Fate: renamed Tribune in February 1794, captured by British Navy in 1796 and taken into British service as HMS Tribune, being wrecked the next year
Républicaine française Builder: Bordeaux Ordered: Launched: 1794 Fate: renamed Renommée in 1795; captured by British Navy in 1796, becoming HMS Renommee. Broken up 1810
Décade Française Builder: Pierre Guibert, Bordeaux Ordered: Launched: 1794 Fate: Renamed Décade in 1795; captured by British navy in 1798, becoming HMS Decade. Sold 1811
References Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing).