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: 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: 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 September 1800.