HMS Galatea (1794)
HMS Galatea, by Thomas Whitcombe
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| Name: | HMS Galatea |
| Builder: | George Parsons, Bursledon |
| Launched: | 1794 |
| Honours and awards: |
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "21 Jan. Boat Service 1807" |
| Fate: | Broken up, May 1809 |
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| Type: | Fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 808 (bm) |
| Length: | 135 ft (41 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 6 in (11.13 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament: | 32 × 18-pounder guns |
HMS Galatea was a fifth-rate 32-gun sailing frigate of the British Royal Navy that George Parsons built at Bursledon and launched in 1794. Before she was broken up in 1809 she captured numerous prizes and participated in a number of actions, first in the Channel and off Ireland (1794–1803), and then in the Caribbean (1802–1809), including one that earned her crew the Naval General Service Medal.
Galatea was commissioned in May 1794 under the command of Captain Richard Goodwin Keats. She then joined the Channel Squadrons under Sir Edward Pellew and Sir John Borlase Warren.
Galatea took part in the capture or destruction of a number of French warships. On 23 August, the squadron ran the French ships Volontaire, Espion, and Alerte on to the shore along the coast of France and destroyed them.
Galatea, Arethusa, Artois, Diamond and Diana shared in the capture of the French cutter Quartidi on 7 September. They also shared in the recapture of the Swedish brig Haesingeland on 16 September.
Galatea was among the vessels in sight when Artois captured the frigate Révolutionnaire at the Action of 21 October 1794. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Revolutionaire.
From January into February Galatea was under the temporary command of Captain F. Cole. On 31 January 1795, the squadron captured the Dutch East India Ship Ostenhuyson. Between 13 and 26 February 1795, the squadron under Captain Sir John Borlase Warren in Pomone, captured nine vessels off the Île de Groix, near Lorient:
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