French frigate Caroline

Caroline was a 40-gun Hortense-class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1806. She captured several small British vessels in 1807, including a 14-gun privateer. She was ordered to the Indian Ocean in 1808 for commerce raiding, arriving in 1809. During the subsequent Mauritius campaign, Caroline captured two East Indiamen and their valuable cargoes of trade goods in the action of 31 May 1809.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Caroline and HMS Caroline.

Hortense, sister-ship of Caroline
History
France
NameCaroline
NamesakeCaroline Bonaparte
Ordered24 April 1804
BuilderAntwerp shipyard (Constructeur: Anne-Jean-Louis Leharivel-Durocher) to plans by Sané
Laid downMay 1804
Launched15 August 1806
Captured21 September 1809
United Kingdom
NameBourbonaise
Acquired21 September 1809
FateSold in 1817
General characteristics
Displacement1,390 tons (French)
Tons burthen1,078 10⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 151 ft 6 in (46.18 m) (overall)
  • 127 ft 4+7⁄8 in (38.833 m) (keel)
Beam39 ft 10+5⁄8 in (12.157 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 2 in (3.71 m)
Complement
  • French service:360
  • British service: 300 (later 315)
Armament
  • At capture
  • UD: 28 x long 18-pounder guns
  • Spar deck: 10 x long 8-pounder guns + 8 x 36-pounder carronades
  • British service
  • UD:28 x 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 14 x 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc:2 x 9-pounder guns + 2 x 32-pounder carronades
ArmourTimber

The British captured Caroline at Île Bourbon during the Raid on Saint Paul in September 1809, renaming her HMS Bourbonaise as they already had a ship named Caroline in service. Bourbonaise sailed back to Plymouth where she was held in ordinary until 1816, when she was sold for breaking up.

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