French frigate Sibylle (1791)
Sibylle (left) at the Battle of Mykonos | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Sibylle |
| Namesake | Sybil |
| Builder | Toulon |
| Laid down | April 1790 |
| Launched | 30 August 1791 |
| In service | May 1792 |
| Captured | 17 June 1794 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Sybille |
| Acquired | 17 June 1794 |
| Decommissioned | 1833 |
| Honours & awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Sybille 28 Feby. 1799" |
| Fate | Sold 7 August 1833 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hébé-class frigate |
| Displacement | 700 tonnes |
| Length | 46.3 m (152 ft) |
| Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
| Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Complement | 297 |
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Sibylle was a 38-gun Hébé-class frigate of the French Navy. She was launched in 1791 at the dockyards in Toulon and placed in service in 1792. After the 50-gun fourth rate HMS Romney captured her in 1794, the British took her into service as HMS Sybille. She served in the Royal Navy until disposed of in 1833. While in British service, Sybille participated in three notable single-ship actions, in each case capturing a French vessel. On anti-slavery duties off West Africa from July 1827 to June 1830, Sybille captured many slavers and freed some 3,500 slaves. She was finally sold in 1833 in Portsmouth.