French frigate Néréide (1779)

	Capture of Néréide by HMS Phoebe, on 20 December 1797, Thomas Whitcombe, 1816, in the National Maritime Museum
History
France
Name	Néréide
Namesake	Nereid
Builder	Saint Malo, constructeur: Geoffroy, to plans by Sané
Laid down	October 1778
Launched	31 May 1779
Commissioned	August 1779
Captured	20 December 1797
Great Britain
Name	Nereide
Acquired	20 December 1797
Honours and; awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "1 May Boat Service 1810"
Captured	23 August 1810
France
Name	Néréide
Acquired	Captured 23 August 1810
Captured	3 December 1810
Fate	Sold 1 March 1816
General characteristics
Class and type	Sybille-class frigate
Displacement	1,100 tons (French)
Tons burthen	89222⁄94 (Builder's Old Measurement)
Length	43.91 m (144.1 ft) (overall); 39.14 m (128.4 ft) (keel);
Beam	11.21 m (36.8 ft)
Draught	5.36 m (17.6 ft) (laden)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	French service: 290 British service: 254
Armament	French service:; Gundeck: 26 x 12-pounder guns; Spar deck: 6 x 6-pounder guns; British service:; Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns; QD: 12 x 24-pounder carronades; Fc: 4 x 24-pounder carronades;
Armour	Timber

Néréide was a Sibylle-class, 32-gun, copper-hulled frigate of the French Navy. On 22 December 1797 HMS Phoebe captured her and she was taken into British service as HMS Nereide. The French recaptured her at the Battle of Grand Port, only to lose her again when the British took Isle de France (now Mauritius), in 1810. After the Battle of Grand Port she was in such a poor condition that she was laid up and sold for breaking up in 1816.

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