The ships marked with an asterisk were all new ; but none, it is believed, were upon the stocks on the 1st of January, except the Jemmappes launched on the 22d of the month, the Sans-Pared in June, and the Lion (or rather Formidable, as it is believed she was then named) and Mont-Blanc in the course of the summer. There were also, doubtless, four or five more 74s on the stocks, but not sufficiently advanced to he named ; although four were afterwards, as we conjecture, named Wattigny, Droits-de-1'Homme, Cassard, and Marat. Among the new frigates, the Carmagnole was launched on the 21st of May, and all the remainder within a week or two of that period.

An abstract of the French navy as it stood at the commencement of the year 1793, down to 28-gun frigates or "corvettes," inclusive.