HMS Nemesis (1780)
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 Great Britain
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| Name: | HMS Nemesis |
| Ordered: | 30 September 1777 |
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| Laid down: | November 1777 |
| Launched: | 23 January 1780 |
| Completed: | 22 June 1780 (at Plymouth Dockyard) |
| Commissioned: | January 1780 |
 France
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| Name: | Némésis |
| Acquired: | By capture on 9 December 1795 |
| Captured: | Surrendered on 9 March 1796 |
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Great Britain
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| Name: | HMS Nemesis |
| Acquired: | Captured on 9 March 1796 |
| Fate: | Sold 9 June 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 598 37⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 33 ft 7 1⁄2 in (10.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 200 officers and men |
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HMS Nemesis was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The French captured her in 1795 at Smyrna, but in 1796 a squadron led by Barfleur brought her out of the neutral port of Tunis. Throughout her career she served under a number of commanders who would go on to have distinguished careers. She was converted to a troopship in 1812 and was sold in 1814.
Nemesis was first commissioned in January 1780 under the command of Captain Richard Rodney Bligh. Nemesis was in company with Viper on 3 January 1781 when they captured the Dutch vessel Catherine. Then she captured the French privateer Alliance on 5 June. She was paid off from wartime service in 1784. Lastly, Nemesis was among the vessels sharing in the proceeds of the capture on 30 March 1783 of the Dutch ship Arendt op Zee. She was paid off in May 1784 after wartime service.
Between December 1787 and November 1789 Nemesis was at Deptford undergoing a major repair. Batson, Limehouse, fitted her for sea between May and September 1790. Captain Alexander Ball commissioned her in may , but then paid her off in 1792.
Captain J. Woodey commissioned her in October 1792. He sailed for the Mediterranean on 26 April 1793. By September, Nemesis was under the command of Captain Lord Amelius Beauclerk.
On 28 and 29 August 1793, a Spanish-British force captured Toulon in the opening act of what would become the siege of Toulon. They would hold it until December when they would evacuate. Nemesis was among the vessels sharing in the prize money for the capture.
Captain Samuel Hood Linzee replaced Beauclerk in March 1794.Nemesis was among the many vessels and troops sharing in the proceeds of the capture of Calvi, Corsica, on 10 August 1794.
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