French frigate Néréide (1779)
Capture of Néréide by HMS Phoebe, on 20 December 1797, Thomas Whitcombe, 1816, in the National Maritime Museum | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Néréide |
| Namesake | Nereid |
| Builder | Saint Malo, constructeur: Geoffroy, to plans by Sané |
| Laid down | October 1778 |
| Launched | 31 May 1779 |
| Commissioned | August 1779 |
| Captured | 20 December 1797 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Nereide |
| Acquired | 20 December 1797 |
| Honours & awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "1 May Boat Service 1810" |
| Captured | 23 August 1810 |
| France | |
| Name | Néréide |
| Acquired | Captured 23 August 1810 |
| Captured | 3 December 1810 |
| Fate | Sold 1 March 1816 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sybille-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,100 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 89222⁄94 (Builder's Old Measurement) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 11.21 m (36.8 ft) |
| Draught | 5.36 m (17.6 ft) (laden) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | French service: 290 British service: 254 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
Néréide was a Sibylle-class, 32-gun, copper-hulled frigate of the French Navy. On 22 December 1797 HMS Phoebe captured her and she was taken into British service as HMS Nereide. The French recaptured her at the Battle of Grand Port, only to lose her again when the British took Isle de France (now Mauritius), in 1810. After the Battle of Grand Port she was in such a poor condition that she was laid up and sold for breaking up in 1816.