HMS Morgiana (1800)
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 France
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| Name: | Actif |
| Launched: | 1799 |
| Captured: | 1800 |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Morgiana |
| Acquired: | 1800 by capture |
| Fate: | Broken up 1811 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 282 92⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 95 ft 8 in (29.2 m) (overall); 76 ft 0 in (23.2 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 5 1⁄2 in (8.1 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 11 ft 11 1⁄2 in (3.6 m) |
| Sail plan: | Brig |
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HMS Morgiana was the French privateer Actif, launched at Bordeaux in 1799. After Thames captured her in 1800, the Royal Navy took her into service as Morgiana. She served in the Mediterranean, where she captured one small privateer. She was laid up in 1807 and broken up in 1811.
Actif was built at Bordeaux in 1799.
On 30 November 1800 Thames captured Actif in the Bay of Biscay, 15 leagues from the Tower of Corduan, after a six-hour pursuit. Actif was armed with fourteen 6-pounder and two brass 12-pounder guns. She had a crew of 137 men and this was the first day of her first cruise. Captain William Lukin of Thames described her as "a particularly fine new Vessel, Coppered".Actif arrived at Plymouth on 19 December.
The Royal Navy took Actif into service as HMS Morgiana. She underwent fitting out at between May and July 1801, with Commander Charles Otter commissioning her in May. On 20 July orders arrived at Plymouth for Morgiana to fit for foreign service, probably Egypt.
Carmen and Morgiana arrived at Spithead on 9 November 1801, from Egypt.Morgiana had left 18 days after Carmen but arrived an hour earlier. Morgiana brought with her duplicate dispatches concerning the evacuation of forces after the fall of Alexandria on 2 September, and General Moore as a passenger.
Between 15 and 16 January 1802 a number of warships, under the command of Rear Admiral George Campbell in Temeraire, dropped down to St. Helen's. On 7 February the following vessels departed St Helens with sealed orders, with the press believing they were bound for Jamaica: Temeraire, Formidable, Resolution, Vengeance, Orion, Majestic, Desiree, and Morgiana. All but Desiree and Morgiana were ships of the line. Morgiana arrived at Portsmouth on 17 May from Martinique.
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