French frigate Embuscade (1789)
Embuscade fighting HMS Boston
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| Name: | Embuscade |
| Namesake: | "Ambush" |
| Builder: | Rochefort |
| Laid down: | 1788 |
| Launched: | 21 September 1789 |
| In service: | June 1790 |
| Captured: | 12 October 1798 |
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| Name: | Ambuscade |
| Acquired: | 12 October 1798 |
| Renamed: | HMS Seine in 1804 |
| Fate: | Broken up in 1813 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 560 tonnes |
| Length: | 44 m (144 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: | 34 guns |
| Armour: | Timber |
Embuscade ("Ambush") was a 32-gun frigate. She served in the French Navy during the War of the First Coalition before being captured by the British. Renamed Ambuscade and later Seine, she participated in the Napoleonic Wars in the Royal Navy.
Embuscade, launched in 1789, was constructed in Rochefort. Her captain was Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart, a former privateer who fought in the American War of Independence. In 1792, she escorted convoys to and from Martinique, and ferried Edmond-Charles Genêt to the United States. During the early years of the war, she raided British shipping along the American east coast.
Embuscade arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, on 8 April 1793. She brought Edmond-Charles Genêt to take up his post as the French ambassador to the United States. Then on 31 July, she fought and severely damaged HMS Boston at the action of 31 July 1793.Embuscade returned to France a year later and took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver in 1795 as part of Pierre Jean Van Stabel's squadron.
On 7 March 1795 Embuscade captured Queen, which was sailing from Tenerife, Canary Islands to London.
In 1798 Captain Bambot was given command of a squadron of ships, including Embuscade, with orders to transport troops to Ireland to fight in the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Along the way, a British fleet learned of the French squadron's position and gave chase. The two forces fought at the Battle of Tory Island, which ended in a decisive French defeat. Embuscade was captured and added to the Royal Navy as Ambuscade.
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