Capture of Loire
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Loire |
Builder | Nantes |
Laid down | April 1794 |
Launched | 23 March 1796 |
In service | December 1797 |
Captured | 18 October 1798 |
Great Britain | |
Name | Loire |
Acquired | 18 October 1798 by capture |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Broken up in 1818 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,350 tons (French) |
Length | 46.3 m (151 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Armament |
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Loire was a 38-gun frigate of the French Navy.[1] She was captured following the Battle of Tory Island by a Royal Navy frigate squadron and subsequently taken into British service as HMS Loire.