HMS Athenienne (1800)

A model of an 18th century third-rate of the Order of Saint John, similar to the San Giovanni
History
Malta
Name	San Giovanni
Namesake	Saint John
Builder	La Valette
Laid down	1796
Captured	11 June 1798 by the French Navy
France
Name	Athénien
Namesake	Athens
Launched	October 1798
In service	December 1799
Captured	4 September 1800, by Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name	Athenienne
Acquired	4 September 1800
Fate	Wrecked 20 October 1806
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen	141189⁄94 (bm)
Length	163 ft 3 in (49.8 m) (overall); 132 ft 0 in (40.2 m) (keel)
Beam	44 ft 9 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 8 in (6.0 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	491
Armament	Lower deck:26 × 24-pounder guns Upper deck:26 × 18-pounder guns QD:2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 24-pounder carronades Fc:2 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 24-pounder carronades

HMS Athenienne was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was the former Maltese ship San Giovanni, which the French captured on the stocks in 1798 and launched and commissioned as Athénien. The Royal Navy captured her at or prior to the surrender of Valletta, on 4 September 1800, and took her into service as Athenienne. She was wrecked near Sicily, with great loss of life, in 1806.