HMS Hebe (1782)
.jpg)
Proserpine, sister-ship of Hébé
|
|
| History | |
|---|---|
 Kingdom of France
|
|
| Name: | Hébé |
| Namesake: | Hebe |
| Builder: | Saint Malo |
| Laid down: | December 1781 |
| Launched: | 25 June 1782 |
| Commissioned: | August 1782 |
| Fate: | Captured by the Royal Navy in the Action of 4 September 1782 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hébé-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 700 tonnes |
| Length: | 46.3 m (152 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Complement: | 297 |
| Armament: |
|
Hébé was a 38-gun of the French Navy, lead ship of the Hébé-class frigate.
Soon after her commissioning under Captain de Vigny, Hébé was tasked to escort a convoy from Saint Malo to Brest and protect shipping from the depredations of the British Royal Navy in the context of the Anglo-French War.
On 3 September 1782, she was chased by the frigate HMS Rainbow, whose 32-pounder chase guns shot away her wheel, allowing the British to catch on and leading to the Action of 4 September 1782. In the ensuing battle, Rainbow devastated Hébé at close range with her newly introduced carronades. Sustaining severe damage and losses among his crew, Vigny, mistaking Rainbow for a disguised ship of the line and his collapsed foremast preventing him from manoeuvering effectively, struck his colours.
The Royal Navy took Hébé was into service first as HMS Hebe.
On 3 July 1795 Melampus and Hebe intercepted a convoy of 13 vessels off St Malo. Melampus captured an armed brig and Hebe captured six merchant vessels: Maria Louisa, Abeille. Bon Foi, Patrouille, Eleonore, and Pecheur. The brig of war was armed with four 24-pounders and had a crew of 60 men. Later she was identified as the 4-gun Vésuve. The convoy had been on its way from Île-de-Bréhat to Brest.Seaflower, Daphne and the cutter Sprightly shared in the prize and head money. The Royal Navy took Vésuve into service as HMS Vesuve.
...
Wikipedia