Fregatte La Licorne

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Licorne class, 30-gun design of 1754 by Jean Geoffroy, with 26 x 8-pounder and 4 x 4-pounder guns

• Licorne, (launched December 1755 at Brest) – sank in a storm 1763, but was refloated and repaired at Brest 1764, damaged in a cyclone and repaired at Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe in 1776, captured by British Navy 1778, becoming HMS Licorne.
• Sauvage, (launched 3 January 1756 at Brest) – wrecked March 1759 off Poitou.
• Hermine, (launched May 1757 at Bayonne) – wrecked December 1761 off Vigo.
• Opale, (launched May 1757 at Bayonne) – wrecked July 1762 off San Domingo.