The Sémillante class was a type of 12-pounder, 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Pierre-Joseph Pénétreau.
Sémillante Builder: Lorient Ordered: 23 April 1790 (named) Laid down: December 1790 Launched: 25 November 1791 Completed: May 1792 Fate: Given to Robert Surcouf at Mauritius in September 1808 and armed by him as a privateer, renamed Charles. Captured by the Royal Navy in December 1809 and broken up.
Insurgente Builder: Lorient Ordered: 3 September 1790 Laid down: 5 November 1791 Launched: 27 April 1793 Completed: June 1793 Fate: Captured by the US Navy off Nevis on 8 February 1799, recommissioned as USS Insurgent, but lost at sea in a hurricane in September 1800.
References Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen (2015),French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (Seaforth Publishing) .