French frigate Proselyte (1786)

French frigate Proselyte was a one-off built to a design by Charles-Louis Ducrest, and launched in 1786 at Le Havre. French Royalists handed her over to the British Royal Navy when it occupied Toulon in 1793. The Royal Navy commissioned her as a floating battery. She was lost in action at the siege of Bastia in April 1794.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Proselyte.

History
France
NameProselyte
Laid downFebruary 1785
LaunchedFebruary 1786
FateHanded over to the Royal Navy in August 1793
Great Britain
NameHMS Proselyte
AcquiredAugust 1793 by capture
FateBurnt and scuttled on 11 April 1794
General characteristics
Displacement
  • Unladen: 672 tons
  • Laden: 1,100 tons
Tons burthenc.700 (bm)
Length138 ft 0 in (42.1 m)
Beam36 ft 0 in (11.0 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 0 in (4.6 m)
Complement
  • French Navy
    • Peacetime:188
    • Wartime:270
  • Royal Navy:120
Armament
  • French Navy:
    • Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
    • QD & Fc: 6 × 9-pounder guns
  • Royal Navy: 24 cannons
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