HMS Topaze (1793)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Topaze.
HMS Topaze was a Royal Navy 32-gun frigate, originally completed in 1791 as a French Magicienne-class frigate. In 1793 Lord Hood's fleet captured her at Toulon. The Royal Navy took her into service under her existing name. She was broken up in 1814.
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France | |
Name | Topaze |
Ordered | 14 March 1789 |
Builder | Toulon |
Laid down | August 1789 |
Launched | 26 September 1790 |
Completed | February 1791 |
Fate | Captured by British at Toulon, 29 August 1793 |
Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Topaze |
Acquired | By capture, 29 August 1793 |
Commissioned | August 1795 |
Decommissioned | February 1812 |
Fate | Broken up, 1814 |
General characteristics [1][2] | |
Class and type | Magicienne-class frigate |
Displacement | 1,100 tons (French) |
Tons burthen | 91682⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in) |
Depth of hold | 5.79 m (19 ft 0 in) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | British service: 280 (274 from 1794) |
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