French frigate Gloire (1803)



Gloire was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.

The engagement with the French Squadron off Rochefort, HMS Monarch Capt. Richard Lee, engaging La Minerve, L'Armide & La Glore
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameGloire
NamesakeGlory
Launched20 July 1803
Captured25 September 1806
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameGloire
Acquired25 September 1806
FateScrapped, 1812
General characteristics
TypeFrigate
Tons burthen1148 bm
Length46 metres (151 ft)
Beam12 metres (39 ft)
Draught7 metres (23 ft)
Complement330 men
Armament
ArmourTimber

She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805. On 18 July, she captured and burnt a Prussian cutter to maintain the secrecy of the movements of the fleet, in spite of the neutrality of Prussia at the time. The next day, along with Armide, she captured HMS Ranger and burnt her.

In the action of 25 September 1806, Armide, Gloire, Minerve and Infatigable were captured by a four-ship squadron under Samuel Hood.

She was brought into British service as HMS Gloire and broken up in 1812.[1]

Citations

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  1. ^ Winfield & Roberts p.145

References

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  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.