French frigate Égyptienne (1799)
Portrait of Égyptienne by Jean-Jacques Baugean | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Égyptienne |
| Builder | Toulon |
| Laid down | 26 September 1798 |
| Launched | 17 July 1799 |
| Completed | November 1799 |
| Captured | 2 September 1801, by the Royal Navy |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Egyptienne |
| Acquired | 2 September 1801 |
| Fate | Sold for breaking up 30 April 1817 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | 40-gun fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 1,434 4⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam | 43 ft 8 in (13.31 m) |
| Depth of hold | 15 ft 1 in (4.60 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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Égyptienne was a French frigate launched at Toulon in 1799. Her first service was in Napoleon's Egyptian campaign of 1801, in which the British captured her at Alexandria. She famously carried the Rosetta Stone to Woolwich, and then the Admiralty commissioned her into the Royal Navy as the 40-gun fifth-rate frigate HMS Egyptienne. She served in a number of single-ship actions before being reduced to harbour service in 1807, and was sold for breaking in 1817.