HMS Carrere (1801)
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 1/72 Scale model of the Carrère's sister ship, the Muiron, on display at the Musée national de la Marine |
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| Career (France) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Carrère |
| Homeport: | Toulon |
| Captured: | On stocks by the French, on 15 November 1796 |
| Fate: | Captured by the British on 3 August 1801 |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Carrere |
| Acquired: | 3 August 1801 |
| Fate: | Sold on 1 September 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 44-gun frigate |
| Tonnage: | 1,013 long tons (1,029.3 t) |
| Length: | 151 ft (46 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft 6 in (12.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 340 (352) |
| Armament: |
(By 1801) 38 guns:
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| Armour: | Timber |
The French frigate Carrère was one of two 18pdr-armed frigates which were building on the stocks in Venice in November 1796, when Bonaparte took Venice during the Campaign of Italy. The two frigates were completed in August 1797 under the names La Carrère and La Muiron by the orders of Pierre-Alexandre Forfait. They both served during the French invasion of Egypt in 1798, and were the ships used by Napoleon to return to France.[1]
She was taken by the British HMS Pomone (48 guns) at the mouth of Elbe on 3 August 1801[2] and added to the Royal Navy as HMS Carrere, but rated at 36 guns,[3] with Frederick Lewis Maitland as her first captain, being sold on 1 September 1814.
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- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Thiers, Adolphe, and Shoberl, Frederic (trans.), The History of the French Revolution, D.Appleton publisher, 1866
- James, William, The naval history of Great Britain, from declaration of war by France in February 1793, to the asseccion of George IV in January 1820, Harding, Lepard and Co., London, 1826
- Urban, Sylvanus, The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol.XXXI January to June, Johm Bowyer Nichols and Sons., London, 1849
