&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Minerva_recaptures_the_Warwick_in_1761_-_Captain_Alexander_Hood,_1726-1814_RMG_L8414_(cropped).jpg) Minerva recaptures Warwick in 1761
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| History | |
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 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Minerva |
| Ordered | 25 May 1756 |
| Builder | John Quallet, Rotherhithe |
| Laid down | 1 June 1756 |
| Launched | 17 January 1759 |
| Completed | 3 March 1759 at Deptford Dockyard |
| Commissioned | January 1759 |
| Fate | Captured by France, 22 August 1778 |
 France | |
| Name | Minerve |
| Acquired | by capture, 22 August 1778 |
| Fate | Recaptured by Great Britain, 4 January 1781 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Recovery |
| Commissioned | January 1781 |
| Decommissioned | 1783 |
| Fate | Sold to break up at Deptford, 30 December 1784 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Southampton-class fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 664 24⁄94 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 34 ft 11.5 in (10.655 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 210 officers and men |
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HMS Minerva was one of the four 32-gun Southampton-class fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1759 and served through the Seven Years' War, but was captured in 1778 during the American Revolutionary War and served as the French Minerve until being recaptured in 1781 and renamed HMS Recovery. She was broken up in 1784.