French frigate Hébé (1782)
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Hébé was a 38-gun warship of the French Navy, and lead ship of the Hébé-class frigate. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1782 and took her into service as HMS Hebe, before renaming her HMS Blonde in 1805.
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Hebe, in 1795 | |
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Kingdom of France | |
Name | Hébé |
Namesake | Hebe |
Builder | Saint Malo[1] |
Laid down | December 1781 [1] |
Launched | 25 June 1782 [1] |
Commissioned | August 1782 [1] |
Captured | Captured by the Royal Navy in the action of 4 September 1782 |
Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Hebe |
Acquired | 1782 by purchase of a prize |
Renamed | HMS Blonde (1805) |
Fate | Broken up June 1811 |
General characteristics [1][2] | |
Class and type | Hébé-class frigate |
Displacement | 700 tonnes |
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Length | 46.3 m (152 ft) |
Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
Complement | 297 |
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