French frigate Minerve (1794)
Minerve was a 40-gun Minerve-class frigate of the French Navy. The British captured her twice and the French recaptured her once. She therefore served under four names before being broken up in 1814:
- Minerve, 1794–1795
- HMS Minerve, 1795–1803
- Canonnière, 1803–1810
- HMS Confiance, 1810–1814
Minerve heading for the open sea at the mouth of the Tagus in 1797, by Thomas Buttersworth | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Minerve |
| Builder | Toulon |
| Laid down | January 1792 |
| Launched | 5 September 1794 |
| Captured | 23 June 1795 by the Royal Navy |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Minerve |
| Acquired | 23 June 1795 |
| Captured | 3 July 1803 by the French Navy |
| France | |
| Name | Canonnière |
| Acquired | 3 July 1803 |
| Renamed |
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| Captured | 3 February 1810 by the Royal Navy |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Confiance |
| Acquired | 3 February 1810 |
| Fate | Struck from navy lists by 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Minerve-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 1,10179⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 48.4 m (158 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 12.2 m (40 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in) |
| Armament |
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