HMS Donegal (1798)
'Duckworth's Action off San Domingo, 6 February 1806' by Nicholas Pocock. HMS Donegal is on the left of the painting, engaging the Jupiter
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  France
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| Name: | Barra |
| Namesake: | |
| Builder: | Toulon |
| Laid down: | November 1791 |
| Launched: | 23 March 1794 |
| Commissioned: | February 1795 |
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| Captured: | by the British, 12 October 1798 |
| Fate: | Captured by the British 12 October 1798 |
 Great Britain
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| Name: | HMS Donegal |
| Namesake: | County Donegal |
| Acquired: | Captured from the French on 12 October 1798 |
| Fate: | Broken up in May 1845 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
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| Length: | 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pieds) |
| Beam: | 14.46 metres (47 ft 5 in) (44½ pieds) |
| Draught: | 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pieds) |
| Propulsion: | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails |
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| Armour: | Timber |
HMS Donegal was launched in 1794 as Barra, a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was renamed Pégase in October 1795, and Hoche in December 1797. The British Royal Navy captured her on 12 October 1798 and recommissioned her as HMS Donegal.
Hoche took part in the French attempt to land in County Donegal, in the west of Ulster, to support the Irish Rebellion of 1798. She formed the flagship of an expedition under Commodore Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart, consisting of Hoche and eight frigates, and transporting 3,000 French troops. Aboard Hoche was Wolfe Tone, the leading figure in the Society of United Irishmen. The ships were chased by a number of British frigates after they had left the port of Brest on 16 September. Despite throwing them off, they were then pursued by a fleet of larger ships under the command of Commodore Sir John Borlase Warren. Both sides were hampered by the heavy winds and gales they encountered off the west coast of Ireland, and Hoche lost all three of her topmasts and had her mizzensail shredded, causing her to fall behind. The French were finally brought to battle off Tory Island on 12 October 1798.
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