French frigate Républicaine française

Galathée, sister-ship of Républicaine française
History
France
NameRépublicaine française
NamesakeFrench Republic
BuilderBordeaux
Laid downJuly 1793
Launched3 January 1794
CommissionedMarch 1794
Captured1796
United Kingdom
NameHMS Renommee
Acquired12 July 1796 by capture
Honours &
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"
FateBroken up, September 1810
General characteristics
Class & typeGalathée-class frigate
Tons burthen923 294 (bm)
Length
  • 44.5 m (146 ft)
  • 140 ft 6+12 in (42.8 m) (overall)
  • 119 ft 4+58 in (36.4 m) (keel)
Beam
  • 12.2 m (40 ft)
  • 38 ft 1+12 in (11.6 m)
Depth of hold
  • 5.5 m (18 ft)
  • 11 ft 7+12 in (3.5 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement
  • French service:320
  • British service:264
Armament
  • French service: 32 guns, later upgraded to 44
  • British service:
    • Upper deck:26 × 12-pounder guns
    • QD: 12 × 32-pounder carronades
    • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

Républicaine française was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, of the Galathée class. The Royal Navy captured her in 1796. The Navy fitted her as a troopship in 1800, but both as a troopship, and earlier as a frigate, she captured several small Spanish and French privateers. She was broken up in 1810.