French frigate Engageante

	Engageante at the action of 23 April 1794
History
France
Name	Engageante
Builder	Toulon dockyard (constructeur: Joseph Chapelle)
Laid down	October 1765
Launched	27 September 1766
In service	April 1768
Captured	23 April 1794
Great Britain
Name	HMS Engageante
Acquired	23 April 1794
Fate	Broken up in May 1811
General characteristics
Displacement	1010 tonneaux
Tons burthen	600 port tonneaux; 930 77⁄94 (bm);
Length	45.5 m (149 ft)
Beam	11.5 m (38 ft)
Draught	4.7 m (15 ft)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	French service: 190 (later 250); British hospital ship:70;
Armament	French service:; UD:26 × 12-pounder guns; QD/Fc: 6 × 6-pounder guns; 4 × 36-pounder obusiers added in 1794; British service: 8 × 4-pounder guns;

Engageante was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy. The only ship of her class, she was built to a design by the shipwright Jean-François Etienne and launched in 1766. The British captured her in the action of 23 April 1794 and converted her to the hospital ship HMS Engageante. She was broken up in 1811.