French frigate Étoile (1813)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Étoile and HMS Topaze.
Étoile was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1813. The British captured her in 1814 and the Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Topaze. She did not go to sea again until 1818, and was paid off in 1822. She served as a receiving ship until 1850 and was broken up in 1851.
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Capture of Étoile by HMS Hebrus | |
History | |
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France | |
Name | Étoile |
Namesake | "Star" |
Ordered | 21 October 1809 |
Builder | Nantes shipyard |
Laid down | 3 April 1810 |
Launched | 28 July 1813 |
Commissioned | 1 September 1813 |
Captured | 27 March 1814 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Topaze |
Namesake | HMS Topaze (1793) |
Acquired | 27 March 1814 by capture |
Fate | Broken up 1851 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Pallas-class fifth-rate frigate |
Displacement | 1080 tons |
Tons burthen | 106023⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
Draught | 5.9 m (19 ft) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 5+1⁄4 in (3.791 m) |
Propulsion | 1,950 m2 (21,000 sq ft) of sails |
Complement | French service: 326 British service: 315 |
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