The Charmante class was a group of five 32-gun/12-pounder frigates of the French Navy, built during the late 1770s at Brest (lead ship) Nantes (2 ships) and Saint Malo (2 ships). They were designed by Jean-Denis Chevillard. Of the five ships, two were wrecked, two were captured by the British, and one by the Spanish.
Charmante Builder: Brest Ordered: Laid down: April 1777 Launched: 30 August 1777 Completed: January 1778 Fate: Wrecked on the Chaussée de Sein on 24 March 1780
JunonRoche, p.269 Builder: Rochefort Ordered: Laid down: September 1777 Launched: March 1778 Completed: May 1778 Fate: Wrecked by the Great Hurricane of 1780 off Saint Vincent on 11 October 1780
GracieuseRoche, p.229-230 Builder: Rochefort Ordered: Laid down: November 1785 Launched: 18 May 1787 Completed: May 1788 Fate: Renamed Unité on 28 September 1793. Captured by the British on 11 April 1796, recommissioned as HMS Unite, sold in 1802
InconstanteRoche, p.254 Builder: Rochefort Ordered: Laid down: January 1789 Launched: 9 September 1790 Completed: February 1791 Fate: Captured by HMS Penelope and Iphigenia on 25 November 1793 off Saint Domingue and recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Convert
HélèneRoche, p.239 Builder: Rochefort Ordered: Laid down: 1789 Launched: 18 May 1791 Completed: June 1792 Fate: Captured by the Spanish on 19 February 1793 during the French expedition to Sardinia and recommissioned in the Spanish Navy as Sirena
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