HMS Alcmene (1794)

Alcmene
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Alcmene
Ordered	14 February 1793
Builder	Joseph Graham, Harwich
Laid down	April 1793
Launched	8 November 1794
Completed	By 12 April 1795
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Copenhagen 1801"[1]
Fate	Wrecked on 29 April 1809
General characteristics
Class and type	32-gun Alcmene-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	803 bm
Length	135 ft 3 in (41.2 m) (overall) 112 ft 8 in (34.3 m) (keel)
Beam	36 ft 7+1⁄2 in (11.2 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	241 (254 from 1796)
Armament	Upper deck: 26 × 18-pounder guns Quarter deck: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 24-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades

HMS Alcmene was a 32-gun Alcmene-class fifth rate of the Royal Navy. This frigate served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars under the command of several notable officers. Alcmene was active in several theatres of the war, spending most of her time cruising in search of enemy vessels or privateers, and escorting convoys. She fought at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 and served in the blockade of the French coasts during the later Napoleonic Wars until she was wrecked on the French coast in 1809.