List of French steam frigates

Paddle frigates

• , 20 guns
• *, launched 19 July 1841 at Rochefort
• *, launched 20 October 1841 at Rochefort
• Converted paddle packets
• * , 14, launched 6 October 1842 at Cherbourg
• * , 14, launched 8 August 1842 at Cherbourg
• * , 14, launched 15 March 1843 at Brest
• * , 16, launched 15 March 1843 at Brest
• * , 14, launched 15 May 1843 at Brest
• * , 14, launched 2 December 1842 at Lorient - wrecked 11 January 1847
• * , 14, launched 9 September 1843 at Lorient
• * , 14, launched 7 December 1843 at Lorient
• * , 14, launched 13 May 1843 at Rochefort - wrecked 26 August 1844
• * , 14, launched 28 June 1843 at Rochefort – wrecked 27 July 1863, burnt 10 September 1863
• * , 14, launched 21 November 1843 at Rochefort
• * , 14, launched 15 July 1844 at Rochefort
• * , 14, launched 7 August 1842 at Toulon
• * , 14, launched 19 August 1843 at Toulon
• , 8, launched 1 May 1843 at Rochefort
• , 20, launched 5 March 1844 at Rochefort
• , 20, launched 10 March 1845 at Lorient
• , 20, launched 29 May 1847 at Brest
• , 20, launched 15 February 1847 at Cherbourg - wrecked 23 September 1859
• , 8, launched 19 February 1848 at Rochefort

  [Screw frigate]s

• , 40 guns, launched 19 July 1849 at Brest
• , 56 guns
• *, launched 21 August 1856 at Toulon
• *, launched 2 December 1856 at Toulon
• *, launched 22 January 1856 at Brest
• *, launched 25 May 1857 at Brest
• , 56 guns
• *, launched 15 August 1856 at Cherbourg
• *, launched 3 June 1856 at Lorient
• , 36, converted from sail 1857-59 at Cherbourg
• , 36, converted from sail 1857
• , 36, converted from sail 1857
• , 36, converted from sail 1857
• , 36, converted from sail 1845
• , 40, converted from sail 1857
• , 36, converted from sail 1857
• Sail frigates converted to steam on the stocks while building:
• *, 28, launched 24 December 1859 at Lorient
• *, 34, launched 3 May 1860 at Brest
• *, 34, launched 15 August 1860 at Lorient
• *, 28, launched 15 August 1860 at Brest
• *, 28, launched 15 October 1860 at Rochefort
• *, 28, launched 28 January 1861 at Brest
• *, 34, launched 8 August 1861 at Rochefort
• *, 34, launched 21 August 1861 at Lorient
• *, 28, launched 26 December 1861 at Toulon
• *, 22, launched 1 March 1862 at Lorient
• *, 28, launched 29 April 1862 at Toulon
• *, 22, launched 18 June 1863 at Cherbourg
• *, 25, launched 27 February 1869 at Rochefort