French frigate Engageante (1766)
Capture of Pomone, Engageante, and Babet | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Engageante |
| Builder | Toulon dockyard (constructeur: Joseph Chapelle) |
| Laid down | October 1765 |
| Launched | 27 September 1766 |
| In service | April 1768 |
| Captured | 23 April 1794 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Engageante |
| Acquired | 23 April 1794 |
| Fate | Broken up in May 1811 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,010 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 930 77⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 45.5 m (149 ft) |
| Beam | 11.5 m (38 ft) |
| Draught | 4.7 m (15 ft) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement |
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| Armament | |
| Armour | Timber |
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Engageante was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, only ship of her class, built to a design by Jean-François Etienne. The British captured her in 1794 and converted her to a hospital ship. She served as a hospital ship until she was broken up in 1811.