French frigate Cybèle (1789): Difference between revisions

Cybèle and 'Prudente fighting HMS Centurion and HMS Diomede.
History
France
Name	Cybèle
Namesake	Cybele
Builder	Brest
Laid down	April 1790
Launched	25 October 1791
In service	May 1793
General characteristics
Class and type	Nymphe class frigate
Displacement	750 tonnes
Length	46.9 metres
Beam	11.9 metres
Draught	5.8 metres
Propulsion	Sail
Armament	40 guns to 46 guns
Armour	Timber

The Cybèle was an Nymphe class 40-gun frigate of the French Navy.

Career

In 1794, Cybèle was part of a frigate division under, Jean-Marie Renaud along with Prudente. She took part in the Sunda Strait campaign of January 1794 and in the Action of 22 October 1794 off Ile de France under Pierre Julien Tréhouart. Robert Surcouf volunteered to serve as an officer for the action and earned his first command for his behaviour on that day.

In 1796 she took part in patrols in the Indian Ocean in Admiral Sercey's squadron, notably taking part in the Action of 8 September 1796.

In 1806, she took part in L'Hermite's expedition. 38 men were lost in the hurricane that scattered the squadron, and she managed to reach Lorient.

On 24 February 1809, under captain Cocault, she took part in the Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne, which left her in such a battered state that she was declared to be irreparable, and was broken up.

Sources and references

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 138. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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