HMS Hinchinbrook (1778)

History
Great Britain
Name	Hinchinbrook
Launched	1778
Acquired	Captured on 13 October 1778 Purchased on 1 December 1778
Commissioned	December 1778
Fate	Wrecked 19 January 1782
General characteristics
Class and type	28-gun sixth rate frigate
Tons burthen	557 (bm)
Length	115 ft (35 m)
Beam	33 ft 3 in (10.13 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	200
Armament	Gun deck: 24 × 9-pounder guns QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Hinchinbrook was the French privateer Astrée, which the British captured in 1778 and took into the Royal Navy as a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate.^{[Note 1]} She was Captain Horatio Nelson's second navy command, after the brig HMS Badger, and his first as post-captain.^[1] She was wrecked, with no loss of life, in January 1783.

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