French frigate Hébé (1782)

	Hebe, in 1795
History
Kingdom of France
Name	Hébé
Namesake	Hebe
Builder	Saint Malo
Laid down	December 1781
Launched	25 June 1782
Commissioned	August 1782
Captured	Captured by the Royal Navy in the action of 4 September 1782
Great Britain
Name	HMS Hebe
Acquired	1782 by purchase of a prize
Renamed	HMS Blonde (1805)
Fate	Broken up June 1811
General characteristics
Class and type	Hébé-class frigate
Displacement	700 tonnes
Tons burthen	1782: 10717⁄94; 1790: 106252⁄94;
Length	46.3 m (152 ft)
Beam	11.9 m (39 ft)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft)
Complement	297
Armament	French navy: 26 × long 18-pounder + *8 × long 8-pounder guns; Royal Navy; Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns; QD: ; 1782: 8 × 9-pounder guns; 1805: 6 × 32-pounder carronades; Fc: ; 1782: 2 × 9-pounder guns; 1805: 2 × 32-pounder carronades;

Hébé was a 38-gun warship of the French Navy, and lead ship of the Hébé-class frigate. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1782 and took her into service as HMS Hebe, before renaming her HMS Blonde in 1805.

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