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This article is a list of French naval frigates during the Age of Sail, from the middle of the 17th century (when the type emerged) until the close of the sailing era in the middle of the 19th century. The tables excludes privateer frigates (i. e. those owned by individuals or business enterprises), which were not part of the Marine Royale, as well as frigates built for the French East India Company (Compagnie des Indes) unless the latter were subsequently acquired by the French Navy. Note that throughout this article the term " pounder" refers to French pre metric units of weight livres which were almost 8% greater than UK/US units of the same name; every other maritime power likewise established its own system of weights and each country's 'pound' was different from that of every other nation. Similarly French pre metric units of length (pieds and pouces) were 6.575% longer than equivalent UK/US units of measurement (feet and inches); the pre metric French pied ("foot") was equivalent to 324.8394 mm, whereas the UK/US foot equalled 304.8 mm. These differences should be taken into account in any calculations based on the units given below.

Early French naval frigates, until the 1740s, comprises two distinct groups. The larger types were the frégates vaisseau, with batteries of guns spread over two decks; these were subdivided into two groups; the larger were the frégates du premier ordre or vaisseau du quatrième rang (French Fourth Rates) usually with a lower deck battery of 12 pounder guns, and an upper deck battery of either 8 pounder or 6 pounder guns; and the smaller were the frégates du deuxième ordre or vaisseau du cinquième rang (French Fifth Rates) with a lower deck batter of 8 pounder guns, and an upper deck battery of either 6 pounder or 4 pounder guns. The smaller types were the frégates légères, with a single battery of (usually) 6 pounder or 4 pounder guns, plus a few small guns on its superstructure or gaillards. The 'modern' sail frigate, with its main battery on the upper deck, and no ports along the lower deck, emerged at the start of the 1740s. This article categorises frigates according to the weight of the projectile fired by the main battery; the first 'true' frigates in the 1740s carried either 6 pounder or 8 pounder guns, but development soon standardised around the 12 pounder frigate, carrying thirteen pairs (occasionally fourteen pairs) of 12 pounder guns on the upper deck, and usually three pairs of 6 pounder guns on the quarterdeck and forecastle (collectively referred to as the "gaillards" in French). During the American Revolutionary War, larger types carrying an 18 pounder or even 24 pounder main battery (and more secondary guns on the gaillards) were introduced, and following the French Revolution these became predominant. Finally in the 1820s, a new type of 30 pounder armed frigate was brought into service.

In general, French frigates were more lightly built than their British equivalents. This reflected not a poorer quality of design (French designs were often highly prized by the Royal Navy, which copied the designs of a number of the French frigates that they captured, and built a quantity of vessels to the same designs, but with heavier scantlings), but resulted from a different strategic need. French frigates were perceived as being away from port for limited periods; they had less room for storage of provisions for protracted overseas deployments, and they sacrificed durability for speed and ease of handling. British frigates, in comparison, were more solidly built to endure lengthy times at sea (in particular, to remain for several months on blockade service off enemy harbours) and thus were more able to withstand extreme weather conditions, but were slow in comparison. The number of guns is as rated; from the 1780s, many carried some obusiers (from 1800, carronades) or swivels also.

This table commences with a listing of early French naval frigates of the second half of the 17th century and the early 18th century (under the reign of Louis XIV – the "Sun King" – from 14 May 1643 to 1 September 1715). Note that numerous French warships underwent changes of names on 24 June 1671, with many other changes of names on various occasions. Under the classification system introduced by Colbert in 1669, as altered in 1671, the "quatrième rang" (fourth rank) covered two decked frigates (generally carrying a main battery of 12 pounder guns) of between 36 and 46 guns, amended in 1683 to between 40 and 46 guns, while the "cinquième rang" (fifth rank) comprised smaller frigates, both single decked and two decked (generally carrying a main battery of 8 pounder guns) of between 28 and 34 guns, increased in 1683 to between 30 and 36 guns. Below this rank were the unranked frégates légères ("light frigates") carrying fewer guns.

From 1715 onwards, it is more appropriate to classify frégates according to their principal armament, i. e. by the weight of shot fired by the principal battery of guns carried by those ships although the older categories of 4th Rank (frégates de premier rang), 5th Rank (frégates de second rang) and unrated light frigates (frégates légères) nominally remained in force until the 1780s. The smaller frigates were those mounting 6 pounder guns in their main battery, while larger frigates carried 8 pounder or 12 pounder guns (note that these "pounds" were actually French livres, of about 7.9% greater weight than British Imperial pounds). Later in the century, 18 pounder or 24 pounder frigates were introduced, and from the 1820s 32 pounder guns were carried as the principal battery on larger frigates.

The category of frégate légère ceased in 1748, after which no further 6 pounder frigates were built. French frigate Thétis, (one off 26 gun design of 1722 by Jacques Poirier, with 20 × 6 pounder and 6 × 4 pounder guns, 32.5 × 8.9 × 2.7 × 4.4 meters, 250 French tons, complement 100 peace / 170 war, launched September 1722 at Le Havre) – broken up 1730. French frigate Vénus, (one off 26 gun design of 1722 by Jacques Poirier, with 20 × 6 pounder and 6 × 4 pounder guns; launched October 1723 at Le Havre) – wrecked 1745. Flore (26 gun design of 1727 by Pierre Blaise Coulomb, with 4 × 8 pounders on the lower deck and 22 × 6 pounders on the gun deck; launched 28 November 1728 Hulked at Marseille 1753, condemned 1754 and sold for commerce in 1759 or 1761, in this connection captured by Britain 1762. French frigate Gazelle, (one off 18 gun design of 1732 by Jacques Poirier, with 18 × 6 pounder guns only, 29.2 × 8.3 × 3.6 × 4.3 metres, 150 French tons, complement 50 peace / 150 war; launched September 1733 at Le Havre) – hulked 1745, taken to pieces 1748. French frigate Victoire, (one off 22 gun design of 1736 by Blaise Geslain, with 22 × 6 pounder guns, 32.5 × 8.8 × 3.5 × 4.2 meters, 280 French tons, complement 120 peace / 150 war; rebuilt from frigate of 1704 and launched 1737 at Rochefort) – deleted 1743. French frigate Subtile, (one off 20 gun design of 1740 by Jacques Poirier, with 20 × 6 pounder guns, 33.1 × 9.1 × 3.9 × 4.5 metres, 300 French tons, complement 80 peace / 150 war; launched June or July 1741 at Le Havre) – captured by British Navy 1746, but not added to the RN. French frigate Panthère, (one off 20 gun design of 1743 by Jacques Luc Coulomb, with 20 × 6 pounder guns; launched February 1744 at Brest) – captured by British Navy 1745, becoming Galathée class (24 gun design of 1744 by Mathurin Louis and Jean Geoffroy, with 24 × 6 pounder guns). French frigate Galathée. (launched 13 September 1744 at Brest) – captured by British Navy 1758, but not added to the RN. French frigate Mutine, (launched 16 October 1744 at Brest) – taken to pieces at Martinique 1758. Martre, (24 gun design of 1745 by René Nicolas Levasseur, with 20 × 6 pounders and 4 × 4 pounders; launched 6 June 1746) deleted and hulked at Rochefort 1753, last mentioned 1757. Maréchal de Saxe, (22 or 24 gun privateer frigate purchased at Saint Malo in February 1748; caliber of guns unclear) deleted and hulked 1753, dismantled 1755. French frigate Guirlande, (one off 22 gun design of 1756 by Pierre Salinoc, with 18 × 6 pounder and 4 × 4 pounder guns; launched January 1757 at Brest) – captured by British Navy in August 1758, becoming French frigate Terpsichore, (28 gun merchant frigate of 1757 by Jacques & Daniel Denys, with 22 × 6 pounder and 6 × 3 pounder guns; purchased on the stocks in February 1758 while building and launched in June 1758 at Dunkirk) – captured by British Navy in February 1760, becoming Zénobie, (24 gun east indiaman Maréchal d'Estrées purchased shortly after her launch in May 1759 at Le Havre and renamed Zénobie, with 24 × 6 ponders (or maybe 24 × 8 pounders) on loan to the East India Company from January 1762, lost with all hands off Portland in November 1762. Guirlande, (26 gun privateer frigate, probably with 22 × 6 pounders and 4 × 4 pounders; launched 1760 at Nantes and purchased in November 1761) captured by the British navy 1762. Étourdie, (20 gun privateer frigate purchased on the stocks in November 1761, with 16 × 6 pounders and 4 × 4 pounders; launched at Nantes in 1762) reclassed as a corvette 1768, great repair in 1772, foundered on the Île de Sein 1783. Bayonnaise, (24 gun design of 1762 by one of the Gassies brothers (Pierre or Dominique, presented to the King by the city of Bayonne, with 22 × 6 pounders and 2 × 4 pounders; launched in April 1764) foundered at Santo Domingo in August 1765.

(38 gun design by Louis Boux, with 26 × 24 pounder and 12 × 8 pounder guns). In practice the 24 pounders were replaced by 18 pounders. French frigate Pourvoyeuse, 38 (launched 10 November 1772 at Lorient) deleted at Brest in 1786. French frigate Consolante, 38 (launched 26 June 1775 at Lorient) deleted and hulked at Brest in 1785, broken up in 1804.

French frigate Pallas, was built and launched at Saint Malo as Prince de Conti in 1773. The French Navy bought her at Saint Malo in July 1777 for Lt123,654. She was armed with 26 × 8 pounder + 6 × 4 pounder guns. The British captured her in June 1778 before the official outbreak of war and took her into service as The Royal Navy sold her in 1782. Alcmène class (26 gun design of 1773 by Antoine Groignard, with 26 × 8 pounder guns – 6 × 4 pounder guns added later to the quarterdeck). French frigate Alcmène, (launched 14 June 1774 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy 21 October 1779, becoming French frigate Aimable, (launched 20 July 1776 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy in the Battle of the Mona Passage 19 April 1782, becoming Comtesse d'Artois class (24 gun design of 1779 by Jacques and Daniel Denis, with 20 × 8 pounders and 4 × 6 pounder obusiers) the two frigates of this class were intended to be privateers that were purchased by the French Navy after their launch. Rohan Soubise, (launched in 1779 at Dunkerque as Comtess d'Artois) renamed after purchase, captured by the British in 1781. Robecq, (launched in 1779 at Dunkerque as Comtesse de Provence) renamed after purchase, captured by the British in 1782 and renamed Robecque.

, (32 gun design by Pierre Augustin Lamothe, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns). French frigate Nymphe, (launched 18 August 1777 at Brest) – captured by British Navy 1780 and became French frigate Andromaque, (launched 24 December 1777 at Brest) – wrecked to avoid capture 1796. French frigate Astrée, (launched 16 May 1780 at Brest) – lost without trace in the Indian Ocean 1795. French frigate Thétis, French frigate Cybèle, and French frigate Concorde, were built on the same pattern, but armed with 18 pounders. , (32 gun design by Jacques Noël Sané, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns). French frigate Sibylle, (launched 30 August 1777 at Brest) – captured by the British Navy 1783. French frigate Diane, (launched 18 January 1779 at Saint Malo) – wrecked 1780. French frigate Néréide, (launched 31 May 1779 at Saint Malo) – captured by the British Navy 1797. French frigate Fine, (launched 11 August 1779 at Nantes) – wrecked 1794. French frigate Émeraude, (launched 25 October 1779 at Nantes) – broken up 1797.
, (32 gun design by Jean Denis Chevillard, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns). French frigate Charmante, (launched 30 August 1777 at Brest) – wrecked 1780. French frigate Junon, (launched March 1778 at Rochefort) – wrecked 1780. French frigate Gracieuse, (launched 19 May 1787 at Rochefort) – captured by British Navy 1796. French frigate Inconstante, (launched 8 September 1790 at Rochefort) – captured by British Navy 1793. French frigate Hélène, (launched 18 May 1791 at Rochefort) – captured by Spanish Navy 1793.
, (32 gun design by Henri Chevillard, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns). French frigate Concorde, (launched 3 September 1777 at Rochefort) – captured by British Navy 1783. French frigate Courageuse, (launched 28 February 1778 at Rochefort) – captured by British Navy 1799. French frigate Hermione, (launched 28 April 1779 at Rochefort) – wrecked 1793. French frigate Fortunée, (one off 32 gun design by Pierre Forfait, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns, launched 26 December 1777 at Brest) – captured by British Navy 1779.
, (32 gun design by Léon Michel Guignace, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns; Up to 6 × 36 pounder obusiers were later added). French frigate Iphigénie, (launched 16 October 1777 at Lorient) – captured by Spanish Navy 1795. French frigate Surveillante, (launched 26 March 1778 at Lorient) – wrecked 1797. French frigate Résolue, (launched 16 March 1778 at St Malo) – captured by British Navy 1798. French frigate Gentille, (launched 18 June 1778 at St Malo) – captured by British Navy 1795. French frigate Amazone, (launched 11 May 1778 at St Malo) – captured by British Navy 1782 but retaken next day; wrecked 1797. French frigate Prudente, (launched late March 1778 at St Malo) – captured by British Navy 1779. French frigate Gloire, (launched 9 July 1778 at St Malo) – captured by British Navy 1795. French frigate Bellone, (launched 2 August 1778 at St Malo) – captured by British Navy 1798. French frigate Médée, (launched 23 September 1778 at St Malo) – captured by British East Indiamen 1800.
, (32 gun design by Joseph Marie Blaise Coulomb, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns). French frigate Magicienne, (launched 1 August 1778 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy in September 1781. French frigate Précieuse, (launched 22 August 1778 at Toulon) – hulked November 1794, then deleted October 1814. French frigate Sérieuse, (launched 28 August 1779 at Toulon) – sunk at the Battle of Aboukir, August 1798. French frigate Lutine, (launched 11 September 1779 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy at Toulon September 1793 – wrecked in October 1799, her ship's bell was salvaged and still hangs in Lloyd's of London. French frigate Vestale, (launched 14 October 1780 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy off Rochefort August 1799. French frigate Alceste, (launched 28 October 1780 at Toulon) – captured August 1793 by British Navy at Marseille, but retaken by the French French frigate Boudeuse, on 8 June 1794, then captured again in June 1799. French frigate Iris, (launched 29 October 1781 at Toulon) – captured August 1793 by British Navy at Marseille, and burnt December 1793 during evacuation. French frigate Réunion, (launched 23 February 1786 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy off Cherbourg October 1793.
, (launched 18 March 1786 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy at Genoa October 1793. French frigate Sensible, (launched 29 August 1787 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy off Malta June 1798. French frigate Topaze, (launched 26 September 1790 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy August 1793. French frigate Artémise, (launched 25 September 1794 at Toulon) – sunk at the Battle of Aboukir, August 1798. Cérès class (32 gun design by Charles Etienne Bombelle, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns). French frigate Cérès, (launched 24 November 1779 at Rochefort) – demolished 1787. French frigate Fée, (launched 19 April 1780 at Rochefort) – demolished 1790. Espérance, (32 gun design of 1778, purchased on the stocks and launched at Bordeaux in the end of 1779; armament 26 × 12 pounders and 6 × 6 pounders) captured by the British frigate HMS Pearl on 30 September 1780, becoming HMS Clinton. , (32 gun design by Raymond Antoine Haran, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns). French frigate Galathée, (launched 28 June 1779 at Rochefort). Railleuse, (launched 11 August 1779 at Bordeaux); she was sold on 17 January 1798 at Rochefort. She became the privateer Egyptienne, which , captured in 1804. The British took Egyptienne into service as HMS Antigua. Antigua served as a prison ship until she was scrapped in 1816. Fleur de Lys (launched 2 December 1785 at Rochefort) – renamed Pique in June 1792 – captured by British Navy January 1795 and named HMS Pique. , (32 gun design by Charles Segondat Duvernet, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns). French frigate Capricieuse, (i) (launched 23 December 1779 at Lorient) – captured 1780 by British Navy. French frigate Friponne, (launched 20 March 1780 at Lorient) – condemned 1796. French frigate Capricieuse, (ii) (launched 20 November 1786 at Lorient ( – wrecked January 1800. French frigate Prudente, (launched 21 September 1790 at Lorient) – sold for service as a privateer 1798. Vénus class (32 gun design by Jacques Noël Sané, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns). French frigate Vénus, (launched 6 March 1780 at St Malo) – wrecked 1781. French frigate Cléopâtre, (launched 19 August 1781 at St Malo) – captured by British Navy 1793, renamed HMS Oiseau. , (32 gun design by Pierre Alexandre Forfait, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns, and 2 × 36 pounder obusiers de vaisseaux). French frigate Félicité, 34 guns (launched 4 August 1785 at Brest) – captured by British Navy 1809, sold to Haiti and commissioned as the Haitian frigate Améthyste, defected 1812 to Haitian rebels and renamed Heureuse Réunion, retaken by British & returned to Haiti. French frigate Calypso, 32 guns (launched 2 December 1785 at Brest) – transferred to Spain 1793. French frigate Fidèle, 32 guns (launched 22 July 1789 at Le Havre) – condemned 1802, probably demolished 1813. French frigate Fortunée, 32 guns (launched 28 September 1791 at Le Havre) – burnt 1794 to avoid capture. French frigate Proselite, (one off 32 gun design by Charles Louis Ducrest, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns, launched February 1786 at Le Havre) – captured by British Navy August 1793. French frigate Aglae, (one off 32 gun design by Pierre Duhamel, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns, launched 7 May 1788 at Rochefort) – got her hull coppered and renamed Fraternité in 1793, lost with all hands in the Atlantic Ocean in September 1802. Embuscade, (34 gun design of 1788 by Honoré Sébastien Vial du Clairbois, initially with 26 × 12 pounders and 6 × 6 pounders and 2 36 pounder obusiers, in 1794 the quarterdeck and forecastle were armed with 10 × 6 pounders (36 guns in all), in 1796 4 of the 6 pounders were switched with 36 pounder obusiers; launched on 25 November 1789 at Lorient) captured by the British in 1798 and renamed HMS Ambuscade. , (32 gun design by Pierre Joseph Pénétreau, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns). French frigate Sémillante, 32 guns (launched 25 November 1791 at Lorient) – sold in September 1808 for commercial use. French frigate Insurgente, 32 guns (launched 27 April 1793 at Lorient – captured by American Navy in February 1799, becoming USS Insurgent. Charente Inférieure class (32 gun design by Raymond Antoine Haran, with 26 × 12 pounder and 6 × 6 pounder guns). French frigate Charente Inférieure, (launched 30 June 1793 at Rochefort) – renamed Tribune in February 1794 – captured by British Navy 9 June 1796, becoming HMS Tribune. French frigate République Française, (launched 3 January 1794 at Bordeaux) – renamed Républicaine Française in September 1794, then Renommée in May 1795 – captured by British Navy 13 June 1796, becoming HMS Renommee. French frigate Décade Française, (launched 10 October 1794 at Bordeaux) – renamed Décade in May 1795 – captured by British Navy 23 August 1798, becoming HMS Decade. , (40 gun design by Pierre Duhamel, with 28 × 12 pounder and 12 × 6 pounder guns). Cocarde Nationale, (launched 29 April 1794 at St Malo) – renamed Cocarde in June 1796; deleted 14 June 1803. French frigate Régénérée, (launched 1 November 1794 at St Malo) – captured by British Navy 27 November 1801, renamed HMS Alexandria. French frigate Bravoure, (launched November 1795 at Saint Servan) – wrecked 1 September 1801 near Livorno to avoid capture by the British Navy. Patriote (Coquille) class, (40 gun design by Raymond Antoine Haran, with 28 × 12 pounder and 12 × 6 pounder guns). Patriote (launched October 1794 at Bayonne) – renamed Coquille on 30 May 1795. Fidèle (launched 1795 at Bayonne) – renamed Sirène on 30 May 1795. French frigate Franchise, (launched 17 October 1797 at Bayonne) taken into British Navy on 28 May 1803 as HMS Franchise. French frigate Dédaigneuse, (launched December 1797 at Bayonne) taken by the British on 28 January 1801, keeping her name. French frigate Thémis, (launched 13 August 1799 at Bayonne). Heureuse class (38 gun design by Pierre Degay, with 26 × 12 pounder and 12 × 6 pounder guns). French frigate Heureuse, (launched 31 January 1798 at Basse Indre, near Nantes). French frigate Chiffonne, (launched 31 August 1799 at Basse Indre, near Nantes). French frigate Psyché, (one off 42 gun design by Pierre Degay, with 24 × 12 pounder and 18 × 6 pounder guns, launched 1798 as a privateer at Nantes and purchased 1804 by French Navy) – captured by British Navy 14 February 1805. 12 pounder frigates captured or purchased by the French Navy 1774 – 1815. Fox, 28 (1773, ex British privateer Fox, captured 1778) – sold 1778 (not added to French Navy). Bellone, 36 (1788, ex Venetian Bellona, captured May 1797) – destroyed December 1797. Lonato ex Palme, 36, (1784, ex Venetian Palma, captured July 1797) – captured at Corfu by the Russians in March 1799. Léoben ex Méduse, 36, (1788, ex Venetian Medusa, captured July 1797) – captured at Alexandria by the British Navy in September 1801. Mantoue ex Céres, 32, (1794, ex Venetian Cerere, captured July 1797) – captured at Alexandria by the British Navy in September 1801. Montenotte ex Brillante, 32, (1788, ex Venetian Brillante, captured July 1797) – taken to pieces at Alexandria in May 1801. Pallas, 30, (1786, ex Venetian Pallade, captured May 1797) – destroyed 1797. Bérouse, 36/40, (c. 1764, ex Maltese Santa Maria del Pilar, captured June 1798) – taken to pieces 1798. Carthagenoise, 40 (1782, ex Maltese Santa Elizabetta, captured June 1798) – Captured by Britain in September 1800, then taken to pieces. Embuscade, 32, (1773, ex British , captured in the action of 14 December 1798) – Recaptured by British Navy in May 1803. Avtroil 32 (ex Russian, captured October 1809, ex Swedish Avtrolle, captured August 1789). The above list excludes some 12 pounder frigates captured from the British Navy at various dates, or from other navies.

Until 1779 the standard armament on the frigate was the 12 pounder gun, but in that year Britain and France independently developed heavy frigates with a main battery of either 26 or 28 × 18 pounder guns (plus a number of smaller guns, usually 8 pounders or 6 pounders, on the gaillards – the French term for the quarterdeck and forecastle combined). From 1786 the standard designs of Jacques Noël Sané became predominant and – while other classes of frigate were built – Sané designs were used for the vast majority of frigates built thereafter up to 1814. Aigle, (36 or 40 gun privateer frigate design of 1779 by Jacques Noël Sané, with 26 × 18 pounders and 10 or 14 × 8 pounders; launched on 11 February 1780 at Saint Malo, purchased by the French Navy in April 1782) wrecked in combat on the Delaware River in September 1782, refloated by the British and taken into the Navy as HMS Aigle. , (36/38 gun design by Pierre Augustin Lamothe, with 26 × 18 pdr guns initially, although by 1793 carried 28 × 18 pdr guns, plus 10 × 8 pdr guns on the gaillards and 4 obusiers). French frigate Nymphe, 36 guns (launched 30 May 1782 at Brest) – wrecked at Noirmoutiers 30 December 1793. French frigate Thétis, 36 guns (launched 16 June 1788 at Brest) – captured by British Navy 10 November 1808, becoming HMS Brune. French frigate Cybèle, 36 guns (launched 7 July 1789 at Brest) – sunk in action 24 February 1809. French frigate Concorde, 36 guns (launched 25 October 1791 at Brest) – captured by British Navy 4 August 1800.
, (36/38 gun design by Jacques Noël Sané, with 26 × 18 pdr guns initially, although by 1793 carried 28 × 18 pdr guns, plus 10 × 8 pdr guns on the gaillards and 4 obusiers). French frigate Hébé, 38 guns (launched 25 June 1782 at Saint Malo) – captured by British Navy 4 September 1782. French frigate Vénus, 38 guns (launched 14 July 1782 at Brest) – wrecked 31 December 1788 in the Indian Ocean. French frigate Dryade, 40 guns (launched 3 February 1783 at Saint Malo) – condemned 1801 and BU. Proserpine, 40 guns (launched 25 June 1785 at Brest) – captured by British Navy 13 June 1796, becoming HMS Amelia. French frigate Sibylle, 40 guns (launched 30 August 1791 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy 17 June 1794. French frigate Carmagnole, 40 guns (launched 22 May 1793 at Brest) – wrecked at Vlissingen 9 November 1800.
, (36/38 gun design by Charles Segonday Duvernet, with 26 × 18 pdr guns initially, although by 1793 carried 28 × 18 pdr guns, plus 10 × 8 pdr guns on the gaillards and 4 obusiers).) The Danaé, the prototype, differed somewhat from the other pair). French frigate Danaé, 38 guns (launched 27 May 1782 at Lorient) – deleted 1796 or later. French frigate Méduse, 38 guns (launched 18 November 1782 at Lorient) – burnt by accident 1797. French frigate Didon, 38 guns (launched 20 August 1785 at Lorient) – burnt at Guadeloupe 1792.
, (36/38 gun design by Joseph Marie Blaise Coulomb, the first two with 26 × 18 pdr guns, although by 1793, Impérieuse had two extra gunports cut in the bows and then carried 28 × 18 pdr guns, plus 10 × 8 pdr guns on the gaillards and 4 obusiers). French frigate Minerve, 36 guns (launched 31 July 1782 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy February 1794, becoming French frigate Junon, 38 guns (launched 14 August 1782 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy June 1799, becoming French frigate Impérieuse, 40 guns (launched 11 July 1787 at Toulon – Captured by Britain 1793, becoming , renamed HMS Unité in September 1803.
modified Minerve class (same dimensions as before, but with an additional gun port in each broadside)
French frigate Melpomène, 40 guns (launched 6 August 1789 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy February 1794, becoming French frigate Perle, 40 guns (launched 27 August 1790 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy in December 1793, becoming modified (enlarged) Minerve class (lengthened by 7 pieds (French feet), broadened by 1.5 pieds and with 4 pouces (French inch) more depth in hold)
French frigate Minerve, 40 (launched 4 September 1794 at Toulon) – Captured by Britain 1795, becoming , recaptured by France in 1803 and renamed Canonnière, sold for commerce at the Île de France in June 1809, again captured by Britain in February 1810, but not re enlisted. French frigate Pomone, (40 gun one off design by Charles Etienne Bombelle, with 28 × 18 pounder and 12 × 8 pounder guns, plus 4 × 36 pounder obusiers) launched 16 November 1785 at Rochefort – captured by the British Navy 23 April 1794, becoming French frigate Pénélope, (40 gun one off design by Jacques Noel Sané, with 28 × 18 pounder and 12 × 8 pounder guns) launched 30 October 1788 at Brest – wrecked October 1788 in South Africa. French frigate Uranie, (40 gun one off design by Pierre Ozanne and Leon Michel Guignace, with 28 × 18 pounder and 12 × 8 pounder guns) launched 30 October 1788 at Lorient – renamed Tartu in November 1793, captured by the British Navy 31 December 1796, becoming French frigate Aréthuse, (38 gun one off design by Charles Segondat Duvernet with 28 × 18 pounder and 10 × 8 pounder guns, and 4 × 24 pounder carronades) launched 3 March 1791 at Brest – captured by the British Navy August 1793, becoming HMS Undaunted. French frigate Vertu, (40 gun design by Charles Segondat) – captured by British Navy 1803.
, (38 gun design by Pierre Alexandre Forfait, with 28 × 18 pounder and 10 × 8 pdr guns, plus 4 × 36 pounder obusiers). , (launched 1793 at Le Havre) – captured by British Navy 1798.
, (launched 1794 at Le Havre) – captured by British Navy 1794. French frigate Spartiate, (launched 1794 at Le Havre) – renamed Pensée in May 1795. French frigate Indienne, (launched 1796 at Le Havre) – burnt 1809. French frigate Furieuse, (launched 1797 at Cherbourg). Loire, (one off 38/44 gun design by Pierre Degay with 26 × 18 pdr. and 12 × 8 pdr. guns, later plus 6 × 36 pdr. obusiers) launched 1796 at Nantes; captured by Britain in 1798 and taken into the Royal Navy as HMS Loire
Valeureuse class, (38 gun design by Pierre Alexandre Forfait, with 28 × 18 pounder and 10 × 8 pdr guns, plus 4 × 36 pounder obusiers; these were originally ordered to the design of the Seine class, but were slightly lengthened by the constructor, Charles Henri Le Tellier). French frigate Valeureuse, (launched 29 July 1798 at Le Havre) – damaged in a storm 1806 and sold. French frigate Infatigable, 40 (launched 6 April 1799 at Le Havre) – Captured by Britain 1806, renamed Immortalité. French frigate Montagne, (one off design by Joseph Marie Blaise Coulomb) – launched 26 June 1794 at Rochefort; renamed Volontaire on 10 July 1794; wrecked 22 August 1794 to avoid capture by the Royal Navy, and destroyed the following day. , (40 gun design by Jacques Noël Sané, with 28 × 18 pounder and 12 × 8 pounder guns, plus 4 × 36 pounder obusiers). French frigate Virginie, (launched 1794 at Brest) – captured by British Navy 1795, becoming HMS Virginie. Courageuse, (launched 1794 at Brest) – renamed Justice in April 1795 – captured by British Navy 1801, then handed over to Turks. French frigate Harmonie, (launched 1796 at Bordeaux) burnt by her crew to avoid capture by the British off le Marigot on 17 April 1797. French frigate Volontaire, (launched 1796 at Bordeaux) – captured by British Navy 1806, becoming HMS Volontaire. French frigate Cornélie, (launched 1797 at Brest) – captured by Spanish Navy 1808. HMS Didon, (launched 1799 at St Malo) – captured by British Navy 1805, becoming HMS Didon. French frigate Rhin, (launched 1802 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy 1806, becoming HMS Rhin. French ship Belle Poule, (launched 1802 at Basse Indre) – captured by British Navy 1806, becoming HMS Belle Poule. French frigate Surveillante, (launched 1802 at Basse Indre) – captured by British Navy 1803, becoming HMS Surveillante. French frigate Atalante, (launched 1802 at St Malo) – 1806 burnt by the British at the Cape of Good Hope during the attack on Cape Town. , (40 gun design of 1794 by Raymond Antoine Haran, with 28 × 18 pounder and 12 × 8 pounder guns). French frigate Preneuse, (launched 1794 at Rochefort) – destroyed by British Navy 1799. French frigate Africaine, (launched 1798 at Rochefort) – captured by British Navy 1801, becoming HMS Africaine. French frigate Diane, 40 gun one off design by Pierre Joseph Pénétreau (launched 10 February 1796 at Toulon) – Captured by Britain 1800, becoming , (40 gun design by Pierre Roland, with 28 × 18 pounder and 8 × 12 pounder guns and 4 × 36 pounder obusiers). French frigate Armide, (launched 24 April 1804 at Rochefort) – captured by British Navy 1806, becoming French frigate Minerve, (launched 9 September 1805 at Rochefort) – captured by British Navy 1806, becoming French frigate Pénélope, (launched 28 October 1806 at Bordeaux) – deleted 1826. French frigate Flore, (launched 11 November 1806 at Rochefort) – wrecked 1811. French frigate Amphitrite, (launched 11 April 1808 at Cherbourg) – burnt 1809. French frigate Niémen, (launched 8 November 1808 at Bordeaux) – captured by British Navy 1809, becoming French frigate Saale, (launched 28 October 1810 at Rochefort) – renamed Amphitrite September 1814, reverted to Saale March 1815, then Amphitrite again in July 1815 – deleted 1821. French frigate Alcmène, (launched 3 October 1811 at Cherbourg) – captured by British Navy 16 January 1814, becoming HMS Dunira, but quickly renamed French frigate Circé, (launched 15 December 1811 at Rochefort) – deleted 1844. Three more of this design – Androméde, Emeraude and Cornélie – were begun at Bayonne but never reached launch stage, while three more were completed post war:
Antigone (launched 14 March 1816 at Bordeaux) – deleted 3 August 1829. Cléopatre (launched 1 April 1817 at Cherbourg) – deleted 30 September 1823. Magicienne (launched 11 April 1823 at Rochefort) – deleted 29 November 1840.
, (40 gun design by Pierre Alexandre Forfait, with 28 × 18 pounder and 12 × 8 pdr guns, plus 4 × 36 pounder obusiers). French frigate Carrère, (launched 20 August 1797 at Venice) – captured by British Navy in August 1801, becoming French frigate Muiron, (launched 22 August 1797 at Venice) – hulked 1807, deleted 1850. French frigate Créole, (40 gun one off design by Jacques Augustin Lamothe with 28 × 18 pounder and 12 × 8 pounder guns) launched 24 June 1797 at Basse Indre – captured by the British Navy 1803, becoming Pallas, (design by Pierre Alexandre Forfait and modified by François Pestel; originally intended as a "Frégate bombarde" armed with 24 pounders but was then changed to an 18 pounder frigate with 26 × 18 pounder and 14 × 8 pounder guns plus two "obusiers", naval howitzers) launched 1798 at Saint Malo; Captured by Britain in February 1800 and taken into service as HMS Pique. Guerrière, (design by Pierre Alexandre Forfait modified by Jean François Lafosse; she was modified from the plans of the 24 pounder frigate Romaine to carry 28 × 18 pdrs, 16 × 8 pdrs and 4 × 36 pdr obusiers) launched 15 September 1799 at Cherbourg; captured by Britain in 1806, she is best known for her fight with USS Constitution in 1812.
, (40 gun design of 1797 by Jean François Gautier, with 28 × 18 pounder and 12 × 8 pounder guns; both ships built by Pierre Degay and Entreprise Crucy at Basse Indre, near Nantes). French frigate Uranie, (launched 30 October 1800 at Basse Indre) – burnt 3 February 1814 at Brindisi to avoid capture by the British Navy. French frigate Clorinde, (launched 31 October 1800 at Basse Indre) – captured by the British Navy 30 November 1803, becoming HMS Clorinde. , (40 gun design of 1802 by Pierre Alexandre Forfait, with 28 × 18 pounder and 12 × 8 pounder guns). French frigate Gloire, (launched 20 July 1803 at Basse Indre) – captured by the British Navy 1806, becoming HMS Gloire. French frigate Président, (launched 4 June 1804 at Basse Indre) – captured by the British Navy 1806, becoming HMS President. French frigate Topaze, (launched 1 March 1805 at Basse Indre) – captured by the British Navy 1809, becoming HMS Alcmene. French frigate Vénus, (launched 5 April 1806 at Le Havre) – captured by the British Navy 1810, becoming HMS Nereide. French frigate Junon, (launched 16 August 1806 at Le Havre) – captured by the British Navy in February 1809, becoming HMS Junon, retaken and scuttled by the French off Guadaloupe in December of the same year. French frigate Calypso, (launched 9 January 1807 at Lorient) – severely damaged 1809, sold 1813 or 1814. French frigate Amazone, (launched 20 July 1807 at Le Havre) – burnt by the British Navy 1811.
, (40 gun design by François Pestel, with 28 × 18 pounder and 12 × 8 pounder guns). French frigate Consolante, (launched 22 July 1800 at Saint Malo). French frigate Piémontaise, (launched 15 November 1804 at Saint Servan) taken by HMS San Fiorenzo off Ceylon in March 1808 and put into service as HMS Piedmontaise. French frigate Italienne, (launched 15 August 1806 at Saint Servan). French frigate Danaé, (launched 18 August 1807 at Genoa). French frigate Bellone, (launched February 1808 at Saint Servan) captured by the British Navy at the fall of Île de France (Mauritius), December 1810, and renamed HMS Junon. French frigate Néréide, (launched December 1808 at Saint Servan) taken by the British at the seizure of Réunion, September 1809, renamed HMS Madagascar. French frigate Illyrienne, (launched 13 November 1811 at Saint Servan). French frigate Galatée, (launched 5 May 1812 at Genoa). French frigate Hermione, (one off design by Antoine Geoffroy; launched 15 November 1803 at Lorient, renamed Ville de Milan 1804) – captured by Britain in 1805 and renamed HMS Milan. , (40 gun design by Charles Segondat, with 28 × 18 pounder and 12 × 8 pounder guns). French frigate Milanaise, (launched 23 September 1805 at Dunkirk) – renamed Sirène in August 1814; deleted 1836. French frigate Vistule, (launched 23 August 1808 at Dunkirk) – renamed Danaé in August 1814; deleted 1819. French frigate Oder, (launched 14 July 1813 at Dunkirk) – renamed Thémis August 1814, reverted to Oder March 1815, then Thémis again July 1815; deleted 1831. French frigate Perle, (launched 13 August 1813 at Dunkirk) – deleted August 1823.
, (40 gun design of 1802 by Jacques Noël Sané, with 28 × 18 pounder and 12 × 8 pounder guns). French frigate Hortense, (launched 3 July 1803 at Toulon) – broken up 1840. French frigate Hermione, (launched 2 December 1804 at Toulon) – run aground near Brest and then burnt by the British Navy in 1808. French frigate Pomone, (launched 10 February 1805 at Genoa) – captured by British Navy 1811, becoming French frigate Manche, (launched 5 April 1806 at Cherbourg) – captured by British Navy 1810, but not added to RN. French frigate Caroline, (launched 15 August 1806 at Antwerp) – captured by British Navy 1809, becoming HMS Bourbonnaise. French frigate Pauline, (launched 18 April 1807 at Toulon) – renamed Bellone April 1814. French frigate Corona, (also known as Couronne, launched 27 December 1807 at Venice) – captured by British Navy 1811, becoming Pallas class, (40 gun design of 1805 by Jacques Noël Sané on basis of the Hortense class, with 28 × 18 pounder and 12 × 8 pounder guns). This was the 'standard' frigate design of the French First Empire, numerically outweighing all other types. French frigate Pallas, (launched 9 April 1808 at Basse Indre) deleted in 1822. French frigate Elbe, (launched 23 May 1808 at Basse Indre) – renamed Calypso 30 August 1814; hulked 1825; demolished probably in 1841. French frigate Renommée, (launched 21 August 1808 at Basse Indre) – captured by British Navy 1811, becoming French frigate Amélie, (launched 21 July 1808 at Toulon) – renamed Junon April 1814; "en flûte" 1837; deleted from the navy list 1842. French frigate Clorinde, (launched 8 August 1808 at Paimboeuf) – captured by British Navy 1814, becoming HMS Aurora. French frigate Elisa, (launched 1808 at Le Havre) – wrecked 1810. French frigate Favorita, (launched 4 October 1808 at Venice for subsidiary "Italian" Navy) – to French Navy itself April 1810, renamed Favorite, burnt and destroyed by explosion at the Battle of Lissa in 1811. French frigate Astrée, (launched 1809 at Cherbourg) – captured by British Navy 1810, becoming HMS Pomone. French frigate Fidèle, (launched 1809 at Flushing after capture on stocks) – captured by British Navy 1809, becoming HMS Laurel. French frigate Adrienne, (launched 1809 at Toulon) – renamed Aurore April 1814, then Dauphine September 1829 but reverted to Aurore August 1830; deleted 1848. French frigate Nymphe, (launched 1810 at Basse Indre); hulked 1832; taken apart 1873. French frigate Iphigénie, (launched 1810 at Cherbourg) – captured by British Navy 1814, renamed HMS Palma, but shortly after becoming HMS Gloire. French frigate Méduse, (launched 1810 at Paimboeuf) – wrecked 1816. French frigate Pregel, (launched 1810 at St Malo) – renamed Eurydice August 1814; taken apart at Brest in 1825. French frigate Ariane, (launched 1811 at Basse Indre) – burnt to avoid capture in the action of 22 May 1812. French frigate Médée, (launched 1811 at Genoa) renamed Muiron 1850; foundered at Toulon in 1882. French frigate Andromaque, (launched 1811 at Basse Indre) – burnt to avoid capture in the action of 22 May 1812. French frigate Yssel, (launched 1811 at Amsterdam, named Ijssel by the Dutch) – handed over to new Dutch Navy 1814; deleted in 1826. French frigate Carolina, (launched 1811 at Naples) Principessa di Bologna, (ordered 1810 at Venice for subsidiary "Italian" Navy) – to French Navy itself April 1810, renamed Princesse de Bologne and launched 1811 – captured by the Austrian Navy April 1814 at the fall of Venice. French frigate Gloire, (launched 1811 at Le Havre) condemned in 1822 and broken up at Brest. French frigate Meuse, (launched 1811 at Amsterdam) – handed over to new Dutch Navy 1814 and renamed Maas; demolished in 1816. French frigate Terpsichore, (launched 1812 at Antwerp) – captured by British Navy 1814, becoming HMS Modeste. French frigate Érigone, (launched 1812 at Antwerp) demolished at Brest 1825. French frigate Aréthuse, (launched 1812 at Paimboeuf) razeed to corvette in 1834; condemned and sold for demolition in 1851. French frigate Jahde, (launched 1812 at Rotterdam) – renamed Psyché August 1814; deleted 1822. French frigate Trave, (launched 1812 at Amsterdam) – captured by British Navy 1813, becoming HMS Trave. French frigate Weser, (launched 1812 at Amsterdam) – captured by British Navy 1813, becoming HMS Weser. French frigate Melpomene, (launched 1812 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy 1815, becoming HMS Melpomene. French frigate Rubis, (launched 1812 at Basse Indre) – wrecked 1813. French frigate Ems, (launched 1812 at Rotterdam) – renamed Africaine August 1814; wrecked in 1822. French frigate Atalante, (started as the Euridyce, launched 1812 at Lorient) – renamed Duchesse d'Angoulême July 1814; condemned and deleted in 1825. French frigate Cérès, (launched 1812 at Brest) – captured by British Navy 1814, becoming HMS Seine. French frigate Piave, (launched 1812 at Venice) abandoned at the fall of Venice and taken by the Austrians; demolished in 1826. French frigate Dryade, (launched 1812 at Genoa) – renamed Fleur de Lys in November 1814, reverted to Dryade March 1815 then Fleur de Lys again July 1815, finally Résolue August 1830; run aground and wrecked in a storm and demolished on site in 1833. French frigate Sultane, (launched 30 May 1813 at Paimboeuf, near Nantes) – captured by British Navy 1814, becoming French frigate Étoile, (launched 28 July 1813 at Paimboeuf, near Nantes) – captured by British Navy 1814, becoming French frigate Rancune, (launched 30 September 1813 at Toulon) – renamed Néréide in August 1814; hulked in 1825. French frigate Amphitrite, (launched October 1814 at Venice) – seized by the Austrians at Venice's capture, becoming Austrian Navy's Anfitrite and later Augusta. French frigate Amstel, (launched 13 September 1814 at Rotterdam) captured by the Dutch on the stocks at the fall of Rotterdam. French frigate Ambitieuse, (launched November 1814 at Amsterdam) taken on the stocks by the Dutch at the evacuation of Amsterdam and renamed Koningin, later renamed Wilhelmina; deleted ca. 1821. French frigate Immortelle, (launched November 1814 at Amsterdam) taken on the stocks by the Dutch at the evacuation of Amsterdam and renamed Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina; deleted from the Dutch Navy List in 1819. French frigate Vestale, (launched October 1816 at Rotterdam) abandoned on the stocks by the retreating French; the Dutch recommenced construction, later renaming her Rhijn in 1828, hulked in 1853 and demolished in 1874. French frigate Fidèle, (launched 22 November 1817) abandoned on the stocks by the retreating French; the Dutch recommenced construction, renaming her Schelde; deleted in 1853. French frigate Cybele, (launched 11 April 1815 at Le Havre) – renamed Remise 1850. French frigate Duchesse de Berry, (launched 25 August 1816 at Lorient) – renamed Victoire August 1830. French frigate Constance, (launched 2 September 1818 at Brest) – hulked 1836, broken up after 1837. French frigate Thétis, (launched 3 May 1819 at Toulon) – renamed Lanninon April 1865. French frigate Astrée, (launched 28 April 1820 at Lorient). French frigate Armide, (launched 1 May 1821 at Lorient). 18 pounder frigates captured by the French Navy. Succès, 32, (ex British , captured 10 February 1801) – Retaken by British Navy 10 December 1801.
, (ex British Proserpine, captured in the action of 27 February 1809). Taken to pieces 1865.
, (ex British Iphigenia, captured at the Battle of Grand Port in August 1810) – Retaken by British Navy December 1810. French frigate Néréide, (ex British Nereide, recaptured at the Battle of Grand Port in August 1810; this was originally French Néreide which had been captured by British Navy in December 1797) – Retaken by British Navy December 1810. Ceylon, (ex British Ceylon, originally Bombay, captured September 1810) – Retaken by British Navy the following day.

France experimented early with heavy frigates, with a pair being built in 1772 (however the 24 pounder guns of this pair were quickly replaced by 18 pounders in service). Several more were constructed during the French Revolution, but the Romaine class of "frégate bombardes", to which curious design (incorporating a heavy mortar into the design) at least thirteen vessels were ordered (24 were originally planned), proved over gunned, and no further 24 pounder armed frigates were begun until after 1815.

, (design by Pierre Degay, with 30 × 24 pounder guns and 20 × 12 pounder guns). French frigate Vengeance, 50 (launched 8 November 1794 at Paimboeuf, Nantes) – captured by British Navy 1800, becoming French frigate Résistance, 50 (launched 28 September 1795 at Paimboeuf, Nantes) – captured by British Navy 1797, becoming , (design by François Caro, with 30 × 24 pounder guns and 20 × 8 pounder guns). French frigate Forte, 50 (launched 26 September 1794 at Lorient) – captured by the British Navy 1799, becoming French frigate Egyptienne, 50 (launched 17 July 1799 at Toulon) – captured by British Navy 1801, becoming , (design by Pierre Alexandre Forfait, initially given 20 × 24 pounder guns and a 12 inch mortar, although all those completed were later armed or re armed with 18 pounder guns and no mortar). French frigate Romaine, (launched 25 September 1794 at Le Havre). French frigate Immortalité, (launched 7 January 1795 at Lorient) – captured by the British Navy 1798, becoming French frigate Impatiente, (launched 12 March 1795 at Lorient). French frigate Incorruptible, (launched 20 May 1795 at Dieppe). French frigate Revanche, (launched 31 August 1795 at Dieppe). French frigate Libre, (launched 11 February 1796 at Le Havre). French frigate Comète, (launched 11 March 1796 at Le Havre). French frigate Désirée, (launched 23 April 1796 at Dunkirk) – captured by the British Navy 1800, becoming French frigate Poursuivante, (launched 24 May 1796 at Dunkirk). The original programme had provided for a total of twenty four vessels of this class, of which twenty were actually ordered between October 1793 and April 1794. Apart from the nine vessels listed above, three further vessels begun in 1795/98 were intended to be of this class – Pallas at Saint Malo, and Furieuse and Guerrière at Cherbourg; but all were completed as 18 pounder armed frigates (see above). Another two vessels to this design – the Fatalité (ordered in 1793 at Saint Malo) and Nouvelle (ordered in 1794 at Lorient) were never completed; the remainder of the original programme appear never to have been begun.

After 1815, French frigates continued to be graded according to the calibre of their main battery as frégates portant du 18, 24 or (after 1820) 30. However, in 1827 they were classified as either 1st, 2nd or 3rd class. The 1st class carried a main battery of 30 pounder guns, and the 2nd class a main battery of 24 pounder guns. The 3rd class initially comprised the remaining pre 1815 vessels with 18 pounder guns, but after 1830 a new group of 3rd class frigates was built with 30 pounder guns (although fewer in quantity than the 1st Rate frigates carried). In 1837 this classification was amended to base the division on the number of guns carried.