&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Action_off_Sombrero-E6myAqKXMAASo6C.jpg) Action off Porto Rico on 19 July 1805: Topaze, Départment des Landes, Torche and Faune destroy HMS Blanche.
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| Name | Torche |
| Builder | Honfleur |
| Laid down | June 1794 |
| Launched | April 1795 |
| Captured | August 1805 |
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| Name | HMS Torch |
| Acquired | August 1805 by capture |
| Fate | Broken up 1811 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Tons burthen | 55676⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | Overall: 118 ft (36.0 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft 9+1⁄2 in (10.0 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Complement | 121 (British establishment) |
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Torche was a French naval Etna-class ship-sloop launched in 1795. She participated in the action of 19 July 1805, with the Royal Navy capturing her one-month later, in August. She was taken into service as HMS Torch but never commissioned and was broken up in 1811.