HMS Matilda (1794)
HMS Matilda was the French corvette Jacobine (or Jacobin), which was launched in March 1794 and which the British captured in the West Indies seven months later. Matilda served in the West Indies until 1799, capturing six small privateers. In 1799 she sailed to Woolwich where she became a hospital ship. Between 1805 and 1807 she was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Henry Stanhope. She was broken up in 1810.
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Bonheur |
| Builder | Louis & Antoine Crucy and Jean Baudet, Basse-Indre |
| Laid down | June 1793 |
| Launched | 30 March 1794 |
| Renamed | Jacobine (November 1793) |
| Fate | Captured October 1794 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Matilda |
| Acquired | By capture 30 October 1794 |
| Fate | Broken up August 1810 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 573 (bm) |
| Length | 129 ft 3 in (39.4 m) (overall); 105 ft 5 in (32.1 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 32 ft 10 in (10.0 m) |
| Depth of hold | 9 ft 10 in (3.0 m) |
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