French frigate Républicaine française

	Galathée, sister-ship of Républicaine française
History
France
Name	Républicaine française
Namesake	French Republic
Builder	Bordeaux
Laid down	July 1793
Launched	3 January 1794
Commissioned	March 1794
Captured	1796
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Renommee
Acquired	12 July 1796 by capture
Honours and; awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"
Fate	Broken up, September 1810
General characteristics
Class and type	Galathée class frigate
Tons burthen	923 2⁄94 (bm)
Length	44.5 m (146 ft); 140 ft 6+1⁄2 in (42.8 m) (overall); 119 ft 4+5⁄8 in (36.4 m) (keel);
Beam	12.2 m (40 ft); 38 ft 1+1⁄2 in (11.6 m);
Depth of hold	5.5 m (18 ft); 11 ft 7+1⁄2 in (3.5 m);
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	French service:320; British service:264;
Armament	French service: 32 guns, later upgraded to 44; British service:; Upper deck:26 × 12-pounder guns; QD: 12 × 32-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades;

The Républicaine française was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, of the Galathée class. The Royal Navy captured her in 1796. The Navy fitted her as a troopship in 1800, but both as a troopship, and earlier as a frigate, she captured several small Spanish and French privateers. She was broken up in 1810.

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