French frigate Désirée

	Capture of Désirée by HMS Dart
History
France
Name	Désirée
Ordered	19 March 1794
Builder	Dunkirk
Laid down	10 February 1794
Launched	23 April 1796
Great Britain
Name	HMS Desiree
Acquired	8 July 1800 by capture
Fate	Sold 22 August 1832
General characteristics
Class & type	Romaine-class frigate
Displacement	700 tonnes
Tons burthen	1,01650⁄94 (bm)
Length	45.5 m (149 ft 3 in)
Beam	11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draught	5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	French:340; British: 264;
Armament	French; Original: 24 × 24-pounder guns (upper deck) + 16 × 8-pounder guns (spar deck); Later: 24 × 18-pounder guns + 12 × 8-pounder guns + 4 × 36-pounder obusier de vaisseau; British; Upper deck: 26 × 18-pounder guns; QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 32-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades;
Armour	Timber

Désirée was a Romaine-class frigate of the French Navy, launched at Dunkirk in 1794. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1800 and took her into service under her existing name. She was laid up in 1815, and in 1823 converted to a slop ship (a vessel for the storage and distribution of sailor's clothing). She was sold in 1832.