French frigate Diane (1796)
{{Short description|Warship}}
{{other ships|French ship Diane|HMS Niobe}}
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Diane was a 38-gun frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1796. She participated in the battle of the Nile, but in August 1800 the Royal Navy captured her. She was taken into British service as HMS Niobe, and broken up in 1816.
French career
File:Battle of the Nile 1798.jpg
She took part in the Battle of the Nile, managing to escape to Malta with {{ship|French frigate|Justice|1794|2}}. During the battle Rear-Admiral Denis Decrès was on board Diane in his capacity as commander of the frigate squadron. He would go on to become Napoleon's Minister of Marine.{{sfnp|Winfield|Roberts|2015|p=141}}
In 1800, as she tried to escape from Malta, {{HMS|Success|1781|6}}, {{HMS|Northumberland|1798|6}}, and HMS Genereux captured her. At the time she had only 114 men on board,{{sfnp|Winfield|Roberts|2015|p=141}} having left the remainder at Malta to assist in its defense.{{London Gazette|date=7 October 1800|issue=15300|page=1155}}
British career
The Royal Navy commissioned her as HMS Niobe, under the command of Captain John Wentworth Loring, {{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=164}} there already being an {{HMS|Diana|1794|6}} in service.
On 28 March 1806,{{sfnp|Troude|1867|p=436}}{{sfnp|Roche|2005|p=323}} Niobe was off Groix when she captured the 16-gun {{ship|French brig|Néarque|1804|2}}, which had just separated from Leduc's division.
Niobe, still under Captain Loring, and {{HMS|Argus|1799|2}}, Commander James Stuart, captured the Danish ship King of Assianthe on 31 August 1807.{{London Gazette|date=22 September 1810|issue=16407|page=1500}}
On 13 November 1810, off Le Havre along with Diana, Niobe sighted the 40-gun {{ship|French frigate|Amazone|1807|2}} and the 44-gun {{ship|French frigate|Elisa|1808|2}}. {{HMS|Donegal|1798|6}} and {{HMS|Revenge|1805|2}} joined the chase, attacking the French squadron when it was anchored at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue at the action of 15 November 1810. Eventually, Elisa was wrecked near La Hougue, while Amazone escaped to Le Havre. Four months later at the action of 24 March 1811, Niobe participated in the destruction of the French frigate Amazone near the Phare de Gatteville lighthouse, Normandy.{{London Gazette|issue=16469|page=573|date=26 March 1811}}
On 24 March 1811, she sailed with a squadron comprising HMS Berwick, {{HMS|Amelia|1796|2}}, {{HMS|Goshawk |1806|2}}, and {{HMS|Hawk|1806|2}}, again chased Amazone, which they trapped near Barfleur. Amazone{{'}}s crew scuttled her to prevent her capture.
Fate
HMS Niobe was eventually sold on 31 July 1816.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=164}}
Citations
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References
- [https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20170810150740/http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/N/03263.html Naval Database]
- {{cite book|first=Jean-Michel|last=Roche|year=2005|title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours|isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6|oclc=165892922|publisher=Group Retozel-Maury Millau|volume=1}}
- {{Cite book|first=Onésime-Joachim|last=Troude|author-link=Onésime-Joachim Troude|year=1867|publisher=Challamel ainé|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rhIR5D5quFYC|title=Batailles navales de la France|language=fr|volume=3}}
- {{cite book |first=Rif|last=Winfield|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth|year=2008|isbn=978-1-86176-246-7}}
- {{cite book|last1=Winfield|first1=Rif|last2=Roberts|first2=Stephen S.|year=2015|title=French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|isbn=978-1-84832-204-2}}
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Category:Frigates of the French Navy
Category:War of 1812 ships of the United Kingdom