British Fifth Rate frigate 'Renommee' (1796)

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Renommee
Nominal Guns	34	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Fifth Rate frigate 'La Renommée' (1794) (32) 1794-1796 French 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1794 Renamed "Républicaine Française" 1795 Renamed "Renommée"
Captured	12.7.1796	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Bordeaux - Guyenne
Ship Class	Galatée Class (1779)
Designed by	Raymond-Antoine HaranFrench Designer Ship Builder
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	9.1810	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck140' 6 ½"Imperial Feet42.6847
Length of Keel119' 4 ⅝"Imperial Feet36.2871
Breadth38' 1 ½"Imperial Feet11.5951
Depth in Hold11' 7 ½"Imperial Feet3.3655
Burthen923 ²⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

8.1797Broadside Weight = 389 Imperial Pound ( 176.4115 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck12 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

6 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
12.7.1796 - 1797LieutenantBWAS-17938.1797 - 9.1799CaptainBWAS-17939.1799CaptainBWAS-179318.3.1800 - 1801CommanderBWAS-17931801CommanderBWAS-17931.1805 - 1807CaptainBWAS-1793

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1797 - 1800MasterNBD1849

2 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
12.1796 - 1799MidshipmanNBD18493.1797 - 9.1799MidshipmanNBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
6.9.1797Took the Privateer BWAS-1714
6.1798Took the Privateer
2.1799Took the Privateer
2.8.1799Arrived at PortsmouthBWAS-1793
9.1799Paid offBWAS-1793
1.1800Began fitting as a Troopship at UnknownBWAS-1793
2.1800Refitted as a 22 gun Unrated Troop Ship
3.1800Completed fitting as a TroopshipBWAS-1793
1801Egypt operationsBWAS-1793
1801Paid offBWAS-1793
9.1804Began repairs at Blackwall - London BWAS-1793
1.1805Refitted as a 34 gun Fifth Rate Frigate
1.1805Completed repairs at Blackwall - London at a cost of £8283.0.0dBWAS-1793
1.1805Began fitting at Blackwall - London BWAS-1793
3.1805Completed fitting at Blackwall - London BWAS-1793
17.7.1805Action off Calais
1806Took the Unrated cut out from Vieja
3.4.1806In company with chased away from off Cartagena by two Spanish ships of the line and a frigate, covering the Spanish brig , 18, and a small convoyTRN5
4.4.1806Took the Exploration Vessel under a battery on Punta del Corralete
4.5.1806Took the Schooner by boats from the harbour of Vieja, near Cartagena
21.10.1806Boats carried off two small coasters from Puerto Colon, in Majorca, and destroying a tartanTRN5
22.10.1806Boats captured and carried off a coaster from Puerto Colon, in MajorcaTRN5
6.11.1807Boats with those of the cut out a French and a Spanish merchantman which were lying under the Torre de Estacion, near Cartagena. As soon as the vessels had been carried, they were unhappily swept ashore by the current, just under the tower, in a position where the Spanish guns could bear upon them. Two of the British, and several of the prisoners, were wounded before it was decided to abandon the prizesTRN5
11.12.1807Took the Brig off Cape Palos

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

TRN5William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

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Posted by Jon Miller on Tuesday 14th of July 2026 11:18

Prize Money: La Renommee – Will be paid on the 23d inst, by Messrs Poulain and Keys, Salter’s Hall-court, London, for the capture of the Spanish ship Poloma, Recall at the same place. [Hampshire Telegraph, 20 April 1801]

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