French frigate Hébé (1782)
Hebe, in 1795 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of France | |
| Name | Hébé |
| Namesake | Hebe |
| Builder | Saint Malo |
| Laid down | December 1781 |
| Launched | 25 June 1782 |
| Commissioned | August 1782 |
| Captured | Captured by the Royal Navy in the action of 4 September 1782 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Hebe |
| Acquired | 1782 by purchase of a prize |
| Renamed | HMS Blonde (1805) |
| Fate | Broken up June 1811 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hébé-class frigate |
| Displacement | 700 tonnes |
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| Length | 46.3 m (152 ft) |
| Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
| Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Complement | 297 |
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Hébé was a 38-gun warship of the French Navy, and lead ship of the Hébé-class frigate. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1782 and took her into service as HMS Hebe, before renaming her HMS Blonde in 1805.