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HMS Nymphe (1780)
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HMS Nymphe was a fifth-rate frigate of the British Royal Navy, formerly the French Nymphe, lead ship of her class. HMS Flora, under the command of Captain William Peere Williams, captured Nymphe off Ushant on 10 August 1780. Indiscriminately referred to as Nymph, Nymphe, La Nymph or La Nymphe in contemporary British sources, she served during the American, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. On 19 May 1793, while under the command of Captain Edward Pellew, she captured the frigate Cléopâtre, the first French warship captured in a single-ship action of the war. After a long period of service in which she took part in several notable actions and made many captures, Nymphe was wrecked off the coast of Scotland on 18 December 1810.
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Name | Nymphe |
Namesake | Nymph |
Builder | Pierre-Augustin Lamothe, Brest |
Laid down | April 1777 |
Launched | 18 August 1777 |
Commissioned | November 1777 |
Fate | Captured by HMS Flora, 10 August 1780 |
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Name | HMS Nymphe |
Acquired | by capture, 10 August 1780 |
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Fate | Wrecked in the Firth of Forth, 18 December 1810 |
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Class and type | Nymphe class |
Type | Fifth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 937 72⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 38 ft 3+1⁄4 in (11.66 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 240 |
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