HMS Tribune (1796)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Tribune.
HMS Tribune was a Royal Navy 36-gun fifth rate. This frigate was originally the French Galathée-class frigate Charente Inférieure, which was launched in 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars and renamed Tribune the next year. The British captured her and took her into service with the Royal Navy. She only served for a year before being wrecked off of Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, on 16 or 23 November 1797. Of the 240 men on board, all but 12 of her crew were lost.
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Engagement between the Unicorn Frigate Capt Williams and the Tribune French Frigate near Waterford, an 1801 engraving depicting HMS Unicorn's capture of Tribune | |
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France | |
Name | Charente Inférieure, renamed to Tribune |
Builder | Rochefort |
Launched | 1793 |
Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Tribune |
Acquired | Captured from the French on 8 June 1796 |
Fate | Wrecked on 16 November 1797,[1] or 23 November ,[2] at Halifax, Nova Scotia, after running onto Thrum Cap shoal |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 36-gun fifth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 91634⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 143 ft 7+1⁄2 in (43.8 m) (overall); 119 ft 0+5⁄8 in (36.3 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 0+1⁄2 in (11.6 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 6+1⁄2 in (3.5 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 244 |
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