HMS Athenienne (1800)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Athenienne.

Model of a Maltese ship of the line, similar to San Giovanni, at the Malta Maritime Museum
History
Malta
NameSan Giovanni
NamesakeSaint John
BuilderLa Valette
Laid down1796
Captured11 June 1798 by the French Navy
France
NameAthénien
NamesakeAthens
LaunchedOctober 1798
In serviceDecember 1799
Captured4 September 1800, by Royal Navy
Great Britain
NameAthenienne
Acquired4 September 1800
FateWrecked 20 October 1806
General characteristics
Tons burthen141189⁄94 (bm)
Length163 ft 3 in (49.8 m) (overall); 132 ft 0 in (40.2 m) (keel)
Beam44 ft 9 in (13.6 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 8 in (6.0 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement491
Armament
  • Lower deck:26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper deck:26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD:2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Fc:2 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 24-pounder carronades

HMS Athenienne was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was originally the Maltese Navy ship San Giovanni, which the French captured on the stocks in 1798 and launched and commissioned as the French Navy ship Athénien. British forces captured her at Valletta on 4 September 1800 during the siege of Malta and took her into service as Athenienne. She was wrecked near Sicily with great loss of life in 1806.

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