French frigate Hélène (1791)
Appearance
History | |
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Name | Hélène |
Builder | Rochefort |
Launched | 18 May 1791 |
Captured | February 1793 |
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Name | Sirena |
Out of service | 1807 |
Fate | Broken up 1807 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 620 tonnes |
Length | 134 ft (41 m) |
Beam | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
The Hélène was a 34-gun Charmante class frigate of the French Navy. In 1793 she was captured by the Spanish Navy whilst endeavouring to make her escape, and was renamed Sirena.[1]
She was broken up in 1807.
Citations
[edit]- ^ Winfield & Roberts p.129
References
[edit]- Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.
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