HMS Imogen (1800)

History
France
NameDiable à Quatre
BuilderBordeaux
Launched1792
Commissioned1799
FateCaptured 26 October 1800
United Kingdom
NameHMS Imogen
Acquiredby capture, 1800
Commissioned1801
FateFoundered 12 March;1805
General characteristics
TypeSloop
Displacement350 tons (French)
Tons burthen399 9194 (bm)
Length
  • 108 ft 2 in (33.0 m) (overall),
  • 87 ft 3 in (26.6 m) (keel)
Beam29 ft 4 in (8.9 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 0 in (4.6 m)
Complement
  • Privateer: 150
  • HMS:121
Armament
  • Privateer: 16 × 6 & 12-pounder guns
  • HMS:
    • Gundeck: 18 × 24-pounder carronades
    • QD: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Imogen (or Imogene) was the French privateer Diable á Quatre, built at Bordeaux in 1792, that Thames and Immortalite captured in 1800. The Royal Navy took her into service in 1801 as HMS Imogen. She foundered in 1805.