French frigate Gloire (1803)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Gloire.

Gloire (fourth from left) at the action of 25 September 1806
History
France
Name	Gloire
Namesake	Glory
Launched	20 July 1803
Captured	25 September 1806
United Kingdom
Name	Gloire
Acquired	25 September 1806
Fate	Scrapped, 1812
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Tons burthen	1148 bm
Length	46 metres (151 ft)
Beam	12 metres (39 ft)
Draught	7 metres (23 ft)
Complement	330 men
Armament	40 guns: Battery: 28 × 18-pounder long guns Quarterdeck and forecastle: 12 × 8-pounder long guns
Armour	Timber

Gloire was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.

She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805. On 18 July, she captured and burnt a Prussian cutter to maintain the secrecy of the movements of the fleet, in spite of the neutrality of Prussia at the time. The next day, along with Armide, she captured HMS Ranger and burnt her.

In the action of 25 September 1806, Armide, Gloire, Minerve and Infatigable were captured by a four-ship squadron under Samuel Hood.

She was brought into British service as HMS Gloire and broken up in 1812. ^[1]

Citations

1. Winfield & Roberts p.145

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. ISBN   978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC   165892922.
• Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84832-204-2.