French frigate Embuscade (1790)
| File:Embuscade vs Boston 38974.JPG Embuscade fighting HMS Boston. | |
| Career (France) |    |
|---|---|
| Name: | Embuscade |
| Namesake: | "Ambush" |
| Builder: | Rochefort |
| Laid down: | 1788 |
| Launched: | 21 September 1789 |
| In service: | June 1790 |
| Captured: | 12 October 1798 |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Ambuscade |
| Acquired: | 12 October 1798 |
| Renamed: | HMS Seine in 1804 |
| Fate: | Broken up in 1813 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 560 tonnes |
| Length: | 44 metres (144 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 11.2 metres (36 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 5.7 metres (18 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: | 34 guns |
| Armour: | Timber |
The Embuscade ("Ambush") was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy.
French service
In 1792, she escorted convoys to and from Martinique, and ferried Edmond-Charles Genêt to the USA. On 31 July 1793, she encountered and fought Boston at the Action of 31 July 1793.
With Van Stabel's squadron she took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver.
Capture and British service
The British captured Embuscade during the Battle of Tory Island in 1797 and commissioned her into the Royal Navy as Ambuscade. In 1804 she was renamed HMS Seine, as the previous Ambuscade had been retaken and was recommissioned under her old name, and the previous Seine had just been lost.
On 27 May 1805, while under the command of Capt. D. Atkins, Seine captured the Spanish felucca Conception off Puerto Rico. Conception was armed with 2 guns and had a crew of 10 men.
Fate
Seine was broken up in 1813.
References
- The Naval History of Great Britain, 1793 - 1820, Volumes II and III, William James, R. Bentley, London, 1837.
- Age of Nelson Website - HMS Ambuscade
- Age of Nelson Website - HMS Seine
External links
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