French frigate Gloire (1803)
The engagement with the French Squadron off Rochefort, HMS Monarch Capt. Richard Lee, engaging La Minerve, L'Armide & La Glore
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Gloire |
Namesake | Glory |
Captured | 25 September 1806 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Gloire |
Acquired | 25 September 1806 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1812 |
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 |
Gloire was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805. On 18 July, she captured and burnt a Prussian cutter to maintain the secrecy of the movements of the fleet, in spite of the neutrality of Prussia at the time. The next day, along with Armide, she captured and burnt her.
In the action of 25 September 1806, Armide, Gloire, Minerve and Infatigable were captured by a four-ship squadron under Samuel Hood.
She was brought into British service as HMS Gloire,[1] and broken up in 1812.
References[]
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005) Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la Flotte de Guerre Française de Colbert à nos Jours. (Group Retozel-Maury Millau).
Categories:
- Frigates of the Royal Navy
- Ships built in France
- Age of Sail frigates of France
- 1803 ships
- Frigates of the French Navy
- Gloire-class frigates
- Captured ships