HMS Topaze (1793)

History
France
Name	Topaze
Ordered	14 March 1789
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	August 1789
Launched	26 September 1790
Completed	February 1791
Fate	Captured by British at Toulon, 29 August 1793
Great Britain
Name	HMS Topaze
Acquired	By capture, 29 August 1793
Commissioned	August 1795
Decommissioned	February 1812
Fate	Broken up, 1814
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type	Magicienne-class frigate
Displacement	1,100 tons (French)
Tons burthen	91682⁄94 (bm)
Length	44.17 m (144 ft 11 in) (gundeck) 38.65 m (126 ft 10 in) (keel)
Beam	11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
Depth of hold	5.79 m (19 ft 0 in)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	British service: 280 (274 from 1794)
Armament	French service (1790): UD: 26 × 12-pounder long guns Fc: 2 × 6-pounder long guns QD: 4 × 6-pounder long guns British service: UD: 26 × 12-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades QD: 6 × 6-pounder guns + 6 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Topaze was a Royal Navy 32-gun frigate, originally completed in 1791 as a French Magicienne-class frigate. In 1793 Lord Hood's fleet captured her at Toulon. The Royal Navy took her into service under her existing name. She was broken up in 1814.