HMS Desiree (1800)

Capture of Désirée by HMS Dart
History
France
Name:	Désirée
Ordered:	19 March 1794
Builder:	Dunkirk
Laid down:	10 February 1794
Launched:	23 April 1796
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Desiree
Acquired:	8 July 1800 by capture
Fate:	Sold 22 August 1832
General characteristics
Class and type:	Romaine class frigate
Displacement:	700 tonnes
Tons burthen:	1016 50⁄94 (bm)
Length:	45.5 m (149 ft)
Beam:	11.8 m (39 ft)
Draught:	5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion:	Sail
Complement:	French:340 HMS: 264
Armament:	French Original:24 × 24-pounder guns (upper deck) + 16 × 8-pounder guns (spar deck) Later:24 × 18-pounder guns + 12 × 8-pounder guns + 4 × 36-pounder obusier de vaisseau HMS Upper deck:26 × 18-pounder guns QD:2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 32-pounder carronades Fc:2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
Armour:	Timber

Désirée was a Romaine-class frigate of the French Navy. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1800 and took her into service under her existing name. she was laid up in 1815, converted to a slop ship in 1823, and sold in 1832.

HMS Dart, under Patrick Campbell, captured Désirée on 8 July 1800 in the Raid on Dunkirk. Many British vessels shared in the proceeds of the capture.

On 7 May 1813, she was under the command of Captain Arthur Farquarh when she captured the American schooner Decatur.

On 17 July 1813 she captured the French privateer Esperance.

Desiree was laid up at Sheerness in August 1815. Between January and November 1823 she was fitted as a slop ship. She was sold for £2,020 on 22 August 1832 to Joseph Christie at Rotherhithe.