Gloire (1799 ship)

History
France
NameGloire
BuilderBayonne
Launched1799
CapturedMarch 1801
United Kingdom
NameHMS Trincomalee
NamesakeTrincomalee
Acquired1801 by purchase post-capture
FateSold August 1802
United Kingdom
NameTrincomalee?
Acquired1802 by purchase
Capturedlate 1803
France
NameÉmilien
AcquiredLate 1803 by capture
CapturedSeptember 1807
United Kingdom
NameHMS Emilien
Acquired1807 by capture
FateSold 1808
General characteristics
Tons burthen
  • Gloire: 300 (French; "of load")
  • HMS: 320 (bm)
Length80 ft 2 in (24.4 m) (overall); c.
Sail planBrig
Complement
  • Gloire (privateer): 183; 111 at capture
  • HMS:121
  • Émilien:150
Armament
  • Gloire: 16 × 6-pounder guns
  • HMS: 16 × 6-pounder guns
  • Émilien: 18 guns (at capture)

Gloire was a ship launched at Bayonne in 1799 as an armed merchantman. She became a privateer in the Indian Ocean that the British captured in 1801 in a notable single-ship action. The Royal Navy commissioned her as HMS Trincomalee, but then sold her in 1803. The French recaptured her in 1803 and recommissioned her as the privateer Émilien, but the British recaptured her in 1807 and recommissioned her as HMS Emilien, before selling her in 1808.