French frigate Embuscade (1789)
Embuscade fighting HMS Boston | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Embuscade |
| Namesake | "Ambush" |
| Builder | Rochefort |
| Laid down | 1788 |
| Launched | 21 September 1789 |
| In service | June 1790 |
| Captured | 12 October 1798 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Ambuscade |
| Acquired | 12 October 1798 |
| Renamed | HMS Seine in 1804 |
| Fate | Broken up in 1813 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 907 tonnes |
| Length | 44 m (144 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Armament | 34 guns |
| Armour | Timber |
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Embuscade was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy. She served in the War of the First Coalition before being captured by the British. Renamed HMS Ambuscade and later HMS Seine, she participated in the Napoleonic Wars in the Royal Navy. She was broken up in 1813.