The Armide class was a class of 44-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed by Pierre Roland. A highly detailed and accurate model of , one of the units of the class, is on display at Paris naval museum, originally part of the Trianon model collection.
Vessels in class
Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
Begun: 16 November 1802
Launched: 24 April 1804
Completed: May 1804
Fate: captured by British Navy, 25 September 1806.
Minerve
Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
Begun: 11 May 1804
Launched: 9 September 1805
Completed: November 1805
Fate: captured by British Navy, 25 September 1806.
Builder: Bordeaux
Begun: 12 February 1804
Launched: 28 October 1806
Completed: January 1807
Fate: broken up, after November 1829.
Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
Begun: 1 July 1804
Launched: 11 November 1806
Completed: March 1807
Fate: wrecked, 1811.
Builder: Cherbourg Dockyard
Begun: August 1806
Launched: 11 April 1808
Completed: July 1808
Fate: burnt, 3 February 1809, to avoid capture.
Builder: Bordeaux
Begun: May 1807
Launched: 8 November 1808
Completed: January 1809
Fate: captured by British Navy, 6 April 1809.
Saale (ex Andromède) Builder: Rochefort Dockyard Begun: 10 December 1806 Launched: 28 October 1810 Completed: February 1811 Fate: deleted, 1821 and broken up.
Alcmène
Builder: Cherbourg Dockyard
Begun: 4 July 1810
Launched: 3 October 1811
Completed: March 1812
Fate: captured by British Navy, 16 January 1814.
Circé
Builder: Rochefort Dockyard
Begun: February 1810
Launched: 15 December 1811
Completed: March 1812
Fate: deleted, 1844 and broken up.
Androméde
Builder: Bayonne
Begun: 22 June 1808
Launched: not launched
Completed: cancelled April 1811
Fate: never reached launch stage.
Emeraude
Builder: Bayonne
Begun: 22 June 1808
Launched: not launched
Completed: cancelled April 1811
Fate: never reached launch stage.
Cornélie
Builder: Bordeaux
Begun: January 1812
Launched: capsized on stocks 10 March 1814
Completed: Fate: never reached launch stage.