French frigate Loire (1796)

Capture of Loire
History
France
NameLoire
BuilderNantes
Laid downApril 1794
Launched23 March 1796
In serviceDecember 1797
Captured18 October 1798
Great Britain
NameLoire
Acquired18 October 1798 by capture
Honours and
awards
FateBroken up in 1818
General characteristics
Displacement1,350 tons (French)
Length46.3 m (151 ft 11 in)
Beam12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draught5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
PropulsionSail
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.

  1. ^ "No. 15081". The London Gazette. 17 November 1798. pp. 1100–1100.