French frigate Alceste (1780)
Alceste was a Magicienne class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1780, that the British seized at the Siege of Toulon. They transferred her to the Kingdom of Sardinia, but the French recaptured her a year later in the action of 8 June 1794. The British captured her again at the action of 18 June 1799 and took her into service as HMS Alceste. In 1801 she became a floating battery and she was sold the next year.
A Magicienne class frigate | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Alceste |
| Ordered | 20 April 1780 |
| Builder | Toulon shipyard |
| Laid down | May 1780 |
| Launched | 28 October 1780 |
| Commissioned | February 1781 |
| Captured | by Britain, 29 August 1793 |
| Kingdom of Sardinia | |
| Name | Alceste |
| Acquired | 29 August 1793 |
| Captured | By Boussole on 8 June 1794 |
| France | |
| Name | Alceste |
| Acquired | 8 June 1794 |
| Captured | By HMS Bellona, 18 June 1799 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Alceste |
| Acquired | 18 June 1799 |
| Fate | Floating battery (1801); broken up in May 1802 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Magicienne class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Tons burthen | 932 (bm) |
| Length | 44.2 m (145 ft) |
| Beam | 11.2 m (37 ft) |
| Draught | 5.2 m (17 ft) (22 French feet) |
| Complement | 240 in British service; 96 as a floating battery |
| Armament | 26 × 12-pounder long guns + 6 × 6-pounder long guns |
| Armour | Timber |
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