French frigate Loire (1796)
Capture of Loire | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Loire |
| Builder | Nantes |
| Laid down | April 1794 |
| Launched | 23 March 1796 |
| In service | December 1797 |
| Captured | 18 October 1798 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Loire |
| Acquired | 18 October 1798 by capture |
| Honours & awards |
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| Fate | Broken up in 1818 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,350 tons (French) |
| Length | 46.3 m (151 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
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Loire was a 38-gun frigate of the French Navy. She was captured following the Battle of Tory Island by a Royal Navy frigate squadron and subsequently taken into British service as HMS Loire.