French frigate Embuscade (1790)
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| Career (France) |    |
|---|---|
| Name: | Embuscade |
| Namesake: | "Ambush" |
| Builder: | Rochefort |
| Laid down: | 1788 |
| Launched: | 21 September 1789 |
| In service: | June 1790 |
| Captured: | 12 October 1798 |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Ambuscade |
| Acquired: | 12 October 1798 |
| Renamed: | HMS Seine in 1804 |
| Fate: | Broken up in 1813 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 560 tonnes |
| Length: | 44 metres (144 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 11.2 metres (36 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 5.7 metres (18 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: | 34 guns |
| Armour: | Timber |
For other ships of the same name, see French ship Embuscade.
The Embuscade ("Ambush") was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy.
In 1792, she escorted convoys to and from Martinique, and ferried Edmond-Charles Genêt to the USA. On 31 July 1793, she encountered and fought HMS Boston.
With Van Stabel's squadron she took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver.
Captured by the British during the Battle of Tory Island in 1797, she was recommissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Ambuscade, and in 1804 she was renamed HMS Seine. She was eventually broken up in 1813.
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[edit] References
- The Naval History of Great Britain, 1793 - 1820, Volumes II and III, William James, R. Bentley, London, 1837.
- Age of Nelson Website - HMS Ambuscade
- Age of Nelson Website - HMS Seine
