title: List of steam frigates of France
text: # 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, 20 guns
     * Gomer, launched 19 July 1841 at Rochefort
     * Asmodée, launched 20 October 1841 at Rochefort
  * Converted paddle packets
     * Darien (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.1), 14, launched 6 October 1842 at Cherbourg
     * Ulloa (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.2), 14, launched 8 August 1842 at Cherbourg
     * Canada (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.3), 14, launched 15 March 1843 at Brest
     * Christophe Colomb (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.4), 16, launched 15 March 1843 at Brest
     * Magellan (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.5), 14, launched 15 May 1843 at Brest
     * Caraïbe (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.?6), 14, launched 2 December 1842 at Lorient - wrecked 11 January 1847
     * Cacique (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.?7), 14, launched 9 September 1843 at Lorient
     * Eldorado (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.?8), 14, launched 7 December 1843 at Lorient
     * Groenland (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.9), 14, launched 13 May 1843 at Rochefort - wrecked 26 August 1844
     * Montézuma (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.10), 14, launched 28 June 1843 at Rochefort – wrecked 27 July 1863, burnt 10 September 1863
     * Panama (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.11), 14, launched 21 November 1843 at Rochefort
     * Albatross (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.12), 14, launched 15 July 1844 at Rochefort
     * Labrador (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.13), 14, launched 7 August 1842 at Toulon
     * Orénoque (begun as Transatlantic Packetboat No.14), 14, launched 19 August 1843 at Toulon
  * Infernal, 8, launched 1 May 1843 at Rochefort
  * Descartes, 20, launched 5 March 1844 at Rochefort
  * Vauban, 20, launched 10 March 1845 at Lorient
  * Caffarelli, 20, launched 29 May 1847 at Brest
  * Sané, 20, launched 15 February 1847 at Cherbourg - wrecked 23 September 1859
  * Mogador, 8, launched 19 February 1848 at Rochefort
  
  ## Screw frigates
  
  * Némésis
  * Isly, 40 guns, launched 19 July 1849 at Brest
  * Impératrice Eugénie class, 56 guns
     * Impératrice Eugénie, launched 21 August 1856 at Toulon
     * Foudre, launched 2 December 1856 at Toulon
     * Audacieuse, launched 22 January 1856 at Brest
     * Ardente, launched 25 May 1857 at Brest
  * Impetueuse class, 56 guns
     * Impetueuse, launched 15 August 1856 at Cherbourg
     * Souveraine, launched 3 June 1856 at Lorient
  * Bellone, 36, converted from sail 1857-59 at Cherbourg
  * Clorinde, 36, converted from sail 1857
  * Danaé, 36, converted from sail 1857
  * Pandore, 36, converted from sail 1857
  * Pomone, 36, converted from sail 1845
  * Renommée, 40, converted from sail 1857
  * Zénobie, 36, converted from sail 1857
  * Sail frigates converted to steam on the stocks while building:
     * Astrée, 28, launched 24 December 1859 at Lorient
     * Guerrière, 34, launched 3 May 1860 at Brest
     * Pallas, 34, launched 15 August 1860 at Lorient
     * Hermione, 28, launched 15 August 1860 at Brest
     * Circé, 28, launched 15 October 1860 at Rochefort
     * Junon, 28, launched 28 January 1861 at Brest
     * Sémiramis, 34, launched 8 August 1861 at Rochefort
     * Victoire, 34, launched 21 August 1861 at Lorient
     * Magicienne, 28, launched 26 December 1861 at Toulon
     * Armorique, 22, launched 1 March 1862 at Lorient
     * Thémis, 28, launched 29 April 1862 at Toulon
     * Résolue, 22, launched 18 June 1863 at Cherbourg
     * Flore, 25, launched 27 February 1869 at Rochefort
  