HMS Baleine was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Baleine
BuilderLorient
Laid down1755
Launched24 May 1757
Acquired19 October 1760
FateSold on 23 June 1767
General characteristics
Class and type32-gun fifth-rate frigate[1]
Tons burthen702 70/94 bm
Length
  • 149 ft 8 in (45.6 m) (overall)
  • 129 ft 0.25 in (39.3 m) (keel)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement220
Armament
  • Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounders
  • Quarter deck: 4 × 6-pounders
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounders

She had previously been the French East Indiaman Baleine, built at Lorient to a design by Antoine Groignard and launched on 24 May 1757. She was cut out of Pondicherry during the Third Carnatic War by the boats of HMS Southsea Castle, part of Admiral Charles Stevens' squadron. Stevens purchased her for service with the Royal Navy the following month.

She was commissioned under Captain Philip Affleck in 1762,[2] and was under Captain Hyde Parker by 1764. Baleine arrived back in Britain in August 1764 and was surveyed at Chatham Dockyard the following month. She was not recommissioned, and after being surveyed in April 1767 she was put up for sale. She was sold on 23 June 1767 for £365 and was broken up.

Citations

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  1. ^ "NMM, vessel ID 380493" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol xii. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  2. ^ Naval Chronicle, Vol. 18, p. 293.

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