Hébé-class frigate
The Hébé class was a class of six 38-gun frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1781 by Jacques-Noël Sané. The name ship of the class. Hébé, was also the basis for the British s after the ship had been captured.
Ships in class
| Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Saint Malo | December 1781 | 25 June 1782 | August 1782 | Captured by British Navy in the Action of 4 September 1782. The British took her into service and in 1805 renamed her. Hébé became the model for the British Leda-class frigates, the first of which was. Hébé, therefore, has the rare distinction of being the model for both a French and a British frigate class. | |
| Brest | November 1781 | 14 July 1782 | October 1782 | Wrecked on 31 December 1788 in the Indian Ocean. | |
| Saint Malo | 1782 | 3 February 1783 | April 1783 | Retired in 1796; condemned 16 November 1801 and taken to pieces. | |
| Brest | December 1784 | 25 June 1785 | August 1785 | Captured by British Navy on 13 June 1796. The British took her into service as. | |
| Toulon | April 1790 | 30 July 1791 | May 1792 | Captured by British Navy on 17 June 1794. The British took her into service as. | |
| La Motte, Brest | March 1792 | 22 May 1793 | July 1793 | Renamed Rassurante 30 May 1795, but reverted to Carmagnole 24 February 1798; wrecked in a storm at Vlissingen on 9 November 1800. |