French frigate Topaze (1805)
Topaze was a Gloire-class 44-gun frigate of the French Navy. The British captured her in 1809 and she then served with the Royal Navy under the name Jewel, and later Alcmene until she was broken up in 1816.
Action off Porto Rico on 19 July 1805: Topaze, Départment des Landes, Torche and Faune destroy HMS Blanche. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Topaze |
| Builder | Nantes Dockyard |
| Laid down | 1803 |
| Launched | 1 March 1805 |
| Commissioned | September 1805 |
| Captured | 22 January 1809 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Jewel |
| Acquired | 22 January 1809 |
| Renamed | HMS Alcmene |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Frigate |
| Tons burthen | 1148 bm |
| Length | 46 metres (151 ft) |
| Beam | 12 metres (39 ft) |
| Draught | 7 metres (23 ft) |
| Complement | 330 men |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
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