The Sibylle class was a class of five 32-gun sail frigates designed by Jacques-Noël Sané and built for the French Navy in the late 1770s. They carried 26 × 12-pounder guns on the upper deck and 6 × 8-pounder guns on the forecastle and quarterdeck.
Sibylle Builder: Brest Begun: April 1777 Launched: 1 September 1777 Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy in the action of 22 January 1783, broken up in 1784
Néréide Builder: Saint Malo Begun: October 1778 Launched: 31 May 1779 Fate: Captured by the Royal Navy in December 1797, becoming HMS Nereide; retaken by the French Navy at the Battle of Grand Port in August 1810, but destroyed during the British invasion of Isle de France in December 1810.
Fine Builder: Nantes Begun: October 1778 Launched: 11 August 1779 Fate: Wrecked in Chesapeake Bay in November 1793.
Diane Builder: Saint Malo Begun: March 1778 Launched: 18 January 1779 Fate: Lost in a tempest on 17 March 1780 off St Lucia
Émeraude Builder: Nantes Begun: December 1778 Launched: 25 October 1779 Fate: Broken up in 1797.
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