HMS Guerriere (1806)
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Guerrière was a 38-gun frigate of the French Navy, designed by Forfait. The British captured her and recommissioned her as HMS Guerriere. She is most famous for her fight against USS Constitution.
Guerriere (right) fighting against the USS Constitution
HMS Blanche capturing Guerrière on 18 July 1806
Constitution and the defeated Guerriere.
HMS Amfitrite (1804)
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HMS Amfitrite was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had previously served with the Spanish Navy before she was captured during the Napoleonic Wars and commissioned into the Royal Navy
HMS Guerriere (1806)
…entrance to the port. She sailed in 1806 with several other French ships to attack British and Russian whalers, but was chased and brought to action by HMS Blanche. After a hard-fought battle, Blanche forced Guerrière to surrender, and brought her back to Britain. Now commissioned as HMS Guerriere, she went out…
Blanche being wrecked on 4 March 1807