Spanish brig Infante (1787)
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| Name: | Infante |
| Builder: | Cadiz |
| Launched: | 1787 |
| Captured: | By the French Navy in December 1793 |
 France
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| Name: | Infante |
| Builder: | Cadiz |
| Renamed: | Liberté (January 1794); Infante (May 1795); Salamine (10 May 1798) |
| Captured: | June 1799 |
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Salamine |
| Acquired: | By capture June 1799 |
| Honours and awards: |
Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasp "Egypt" |
| Fate: | Sold 1802 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | 18-gun brig |
| Displacement: | 350 tons |
| Tons burthen: | 240 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) |
| Complement: |
Originally:95-112 At capture:120 British service: 86 in British service |
| Armament: | 18 x 6-pounder guns |
Originally:95-112 At capture:120
Salamine was originally the Spanish Navy's Infante 18-gun brig, built in 1787 at Cadiz. The French Navy captured her at Toulon in December 1793 and recommissioned her; they renamed her on 10 May 1798 as Salamine, for the battle of Salamis. On 18 June 1799, HMS Emerald captured her and she was brought into Royal Navy service as HMS Salamine. She served briefly in the Mediterranean, where she captured two French privateers and several merchant vessels before the Royal Navy sold her at Malta in 1802, after the Treaty of Amiens ended the war with France.
The French navy captured the Spanish brig Infante in December 1793, and brought into French service under her existing name. In January 1794, she was recommissioned in Toulon under Lieutenant Girardias, and renamed Liberté. In May 1795, she was returned to her original name of Infante.
In June 1797, Infante sailed together with the frigates Sensible and Artémise to seize Venetian ships; the prizes included the frigates Muiron and Carrère.
On 10 May 1798, she was renamed to Salamine. As part of the fleet of Toulon, Salamine participated in the Mediterranean campaign of 1798.
During the Battle of the Nile, she took refuge under the forts of Abukir, and formed up with Rear-admiral Villeneuve's squadron, which comprised the two 74-gun Guillaume Tell and Généreux, and the frigates Diane and Justice. Villeneuve then entrusted Salamine with the report of the battle for General Bonaparte, before sailing to Malta with his four ships.
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