HMS Nymphe (1780)

HMS Nymphe off Start Point, Devon in 1793
History
Kingdom of France
NameNymphe
NamesakeNymph
BuilderPierre-Augustin Lamothe, Brest
Laid downApril 1777
Launched18 August 1777
CommissionedNovember 1777
FateCaptured by HMS Flora, 10 August 1780
Great Britain
NameHMS Nymphe
Acquiredby capture, 10 August 1780
Honours and
awards
FateWrecked in the Firth of Forth, 18 December 1810
General characteristics [4]
Class and typeNymphe class
TypeFifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen937 7294 (bm)
Length
  • 141 ft 5+12 in (43.12 m) (gun deck)
  • 120 ft 4+12 in (36.69 m) (keel)
Beam38 ft 3+14 in (11.66 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement240
Armament
  • 1777[5]
  • UD: 26 × French 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × French 6-pounder guns
  • FC: 2 × French 6-pounder guns
  • 1780
  • UD: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns
  • FC: 2 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1790
  • UD: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 12 × 32-pounder carronades
  • FC: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
Service record
Operations:

HMS Nymphe was a fifth-rate frigate of the British Royal Navy, formerly the French Nymphe, lead ship of her class. HMS Flora, under the command of Captain William Peere Williams, captured Nymphe off Ushant on 10 August 1780. Indiscriminately referred to as Nymph, Nymphe, La Nymph or La Nymphe in contemporary British sources, she served during the American, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. On 19 May 1793, while under the command of Captain Edward Pellew, she captured the frigate Cléopâtre, the first French warship captured in a single-ship action of the war. After a long period of service in which she took part in several notable actions and made many captures, Nymphe was wrecked off the coast of Scotland on 18 December 1810.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 236.
  2. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 237.
  3. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 238.
  4. ^ Winfield (2008).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Demerliac was invoked but never defined (see the help page).