HMS Clyde (1796)

First incarnation: 146&nbsp;ft 0&nbsp;in (44.5&nbsp;m) (overall); 122&nbsp;ft 0 + 3 ⁄ 4 &nbsp;in (37.2&nbsp;m) (keel)
Second incarnation: 146&nbsp;ft 0&nbsp;in (44.5&nbsp;m) (overall); 121&nbsp;ft 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 &nbsp;in (37.0&nbsp;m) (keel)

	Clyde (left) capturing Vestale on 20 August 1799
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Clyde
Namesake	River Clyde
Ordered	4 February 1795
Builder	Chatham Dockyard; M/shipwright Thomas Pollard until June 1795; Edward Sisson thereafter
Laid down	June 1795
Launched	26 March 1796
Fate	Dismantled, 1805
United Kingdom
Launched	28 February 1806
Fate	Sold, August 1814
General characteristics
Class & type	Artois-class fifth rate frigate
Tons burthen	First incarnation:102034⁄94 (bm); Second incarnation:991 (bm);
Length	First incarnation: 146 ft 0 in (44.5 m) (overall); 122 ft 0+3⁄4 in (37.2 m) (keel); Second incarnation: 146 ft 0 in (44.5 m) (overall); 121 ft 4+3⁄4 in (37.0 m) (keel);
Beam	First incarnation: 39 ft 3+1⁄2 in (12.0 m); Second incarnation: 39 ft 2 in (11.9 m);
Draught	First incarnation: 9 ft 0 in (2.7 m) (unladen); 14 ft 1 in (4.3 m) (laden); Second incarnation: 146 ft 0 in (44.5 m) (unladen);
Depth of hold	First incarnation: 13 ft 9 in (4.2 m); Second incarnation: 13 ft 9 in (4.2 m);
Complement	270; later 315
Armament	Upper deck:28 × 18-pounder guns; QD:2 × 9-pounder guns + 12 × 32-pounder carronades; Fc:2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades;

HMS Clyde was a 32-gun Artois-class frigate of the Royal Navy built at Chatham Dockyard of fir (pitch pine), and launched in 1796. In 1797, she was one of only two ships whose captains were able to maintain some control over their vessels during the Nore mutiny. In 1805, HMS Clyde was dismantled and rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard; she was relaunched on 23 February 1806. She was ultimately sold in August 1814.