HMS Danae (1779)

History
France
Name	La Danae
Builder	Antoine Groignard
Laid down	September 1762
Launched	22 October 1763
In service	1763–1779
Captured	13 May 1779
Fate	Commissioned into Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name	HMS Danae
Acquired	By capture 13 May 1779
Commissioned	December 1779
Decommissioned	February 1783
In service	1779–1797
Fate	Sold out of service, October 1797
General characteristics
Class and type	28-gun fifth-rate sailing frigate
Tons burthen	688 77⁄94 bm
Length	129 ft 3 in (39.4 m) (gun deck) 107 ft 3 in (32.7 m) (keel)
Beam	34 ft 9 in (10.6 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	250 (French service) 220 (British service)
Armament	French service: 32 × 8-pounder guns British service: Upper deck: 26 × 9-pounder guns QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Danae was a 32-gun sailing frigate built for the French Navy in 1763 and captured by the British in the action of 13 May 1779, during the Anglo-French War. Following her capture she was commissioned into the Royal Navy as a convoy escort for merchant vessels sailing between England and Quebec. Paid off in 1783, she was retained for harbour service in England until 1797 when she was sold into private hands.