HMS Imperieuse (1793)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Imperieuse and HMS Unite.
The Impérieuse was a 40-gun Minerve-class frigate of the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1793 and she served first as HMS Imperieuse and then from 1803 as HMS Unite. She became a hospital hulk in 1836 and was broken up in 1858.
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Impérieuse |
Ordered | 27 November 1785 |
Builder | Toulon |
Laid down | February 1786 |
Launched | 11 July 1787 |
Commissioned | May 1788 |
Captured | 11 October 1793 |
Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Imperieuse |
Acquired | 11 October 1793 |
Renamed | HMS Unite on 3 September 1803 |
Reclassified | Harbour service from 1832 |
Fate | Broken up January 1858 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Minerve-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 700 (bm) |
Length | 46.1 m (151 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 11.7 m (38 ft 5 in) |
Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
Armament | 44 guns |
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