French frigate Loire (1796)

Capture of Loire
History
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	Naval General Service Medal with clasps: "27 June 1803 Boat Service" "4 June 1805 Boat Service"
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	UD:26 × 18-pounder guns Spardeck: 12 × 8-pounder guns

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.