French frigate Égyptienne (1799)

	Portrait of Égyptienne by Jean-Jacques Baugean
History
France
Name	Égyptienne
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	26 September 1798
Launched	17 July 1799
Completed	November 1799
Captured	2 September 1801, by the Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Name	Egyptienne
Acquired	2 September 1801
Fate	Sold for breaking up 30 April 1817
General characteristics
Type	40-gun fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	1,434 4⁄94 (bm)
Length	169 ft 8 in (51.71 m) (overall); 141 ft 4+3⁄4 in (43.1 m) (keel);
Beam	43 ft 8 in (13.31 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft 1 in (4.60 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	French service:400-450; British service:330;
Armament	French service; UD:28 × 24-pounder guns; QD:12 × 8-pounder guns + 2 × 36-pounder brass obusiers; Fc:4 × 8-pounder guns + 2 × 36-pounder brass obusiers; British service; UD:28 × 24-pounder guns; QD:2 × 9-pounder guns + 12 × 32-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 32-pounder carronades;

Égyptienne was a French frigate launched at Toulon in 1799. Her first service was in Napoleon's Egyptian campaign of 1801, in which the British captured her at Alexandria. She famously carried the Rosetta Stone to Woolwich, and then the Admiralty commissioned her into the Royal Navy as the 40-gun fifth-rate frigate HMS Egyptienne. She served in a number of single-ship actions before being reduced to harbour service in 1807, and was sold for breaking in 1817.

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