French frigate Républicaine française

Galathée, sister-ship of Républicaine française
History
France
NameRépublicaine française
NamesakeFrench Republic
BuilderBordeaux
Laid downJuly 1793
Launched3 January 1794
CommissionedMarch 1794
Captured1796
United Kingdom
NameHMS Renommee
Acquired12 July 1796 by capture
Honours and
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"
FateBroken up, September 1810
General characteristics
Class & typeGalathée-class frigate
Displacement1,150 tonneaux
Tons burthen
  • 600 port tonneaux
  • 923 294 (bm)
Length
  • 44.5 m (146 ft)
  • 140 ft 6+12 in (42.8 m) (overall)
  • 119 ft 4+58 in (36.4 m) (keel)
Beam
  • 12.2 m (40 ft)
  • 38 ft 1+12 in (11.6 m)
Depth of hold
  • 5.5 m (18 ft)
  • 11 ft 7+12 in (3.5 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement
  • French service:320
  • British service:264
Armament
  • French service: 32 guns, later upgraded to 44
  • British service:
    • Upper deck:26 × 12-pounder guns
    • QD: 12 × 32-pounder carronades
    • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

Républicaine française was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, of the Galathée class. The Royal Navy captured her in 1796. The Navy fitted her as a troopship in 1800, but both as a troopship, and earlier as a frigate, she captured several small Spanish and French privateers. She was broken up in 1810.