French frigate Sensible (1787)

For other ships with the same name, see French frigate Sensible.

A Magicienne-class frigate
History
France
NameSensible
NamesakeFrench: "sensitive"
Ordered23 January 1786
BuilderToulon
Laid downFebruary 1786
Launched9 August 1787
In serviceMarch 1788
Captured28 June 1798
Great Britain
NameSensible
Acquired28 June 1798 by capture
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"
FateWrecked on 2 March 1802
General characteristics
Class & typeMagicienne-class frigate
Displacement1,100 tonneaux
Tons burthen
  • 600 port tonneaux
  • 94567⁄94 (bm)
Length44.2 m (145 ft 0 in)
Beam11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
Draught5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • French service:26 × 12-pounder long guns + 6 × 6-pounder long guns
  • British service: No establishment of guns

Sensible was a 32-gun Magicienne-class frigate of the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1798 off Malta and took into service as HMS Sensible. She was lost in a grounding off Ceylon in 1802.

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