HMS Heroine (1783)

	Lines and profile of Heroine
History
United Kingdom
Name	Heroine
Builder	Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard
Launched	August 1783
Commissioned	September 1790
Fate	Sold February 1806
General characteristics
Class & type	Fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	77859⁄94 (bm)
Length	130 ft 11+1⁄2 in (39.9 m) (upper deck); 107 ft 6+3⁄8 in (32.8 m) (keel);
Beam	36 ft 10+3⁄4 in (11.2 m)
Draught	8 ft 8 in (2.6 m) (forward); 13 ft 5 in (4.1 m) (aft);
Depth of hold	13 ft (4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	220
Armament	UD: 26 × 12-pounder guns; QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns; Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns;

HMS Heroine was a 32-gun frigate of the Royal Navy. Privately built by Henry Adams at Bucklers Hard, she was purchased by the Admiralty before construction was completed in 1783. After activation for the Spanish Armament in 1790, Heroine saw service throughout the French Revolutionary Wars. Having first served in an aborted invasion of Martinique, the frigate joined the East Indies Station in 1794, participating in the Invasion of Ceylon in the following year.

Heroine was converted into a troopship in 1800 and served as such during the Egypt campaign in 1801, participating in the Battle of Abukir. The frigate subsequently served as a floating battery, and when the Napoleonic Wars began in 1803 she was loaned to Trinity House to defend against any French invasion of Britain. This fear dissipated in 1805 after the Battle of Trafalgar, and Heroine was paid off. Worn out, she was sold in 1806.