French frigate Engageante (1766)

Capture of Pomone, Engageante, and Babet
History
France
Name	Engageante
Builder	Toulon dockyard (constructeur: Joseph Chapelle)
Laid down	October 1765
Launched	27 September 1766
In service	April 1768
Captured	23 April 1794
Great Britain
Name	HMS Engageante
Acquired	23 April 1794
Fate	Broken up in May 1811
General characteristics [1][2]
Displacement	1,010 tons (French)
Tons burthen	930 77⁄94 (bm)
Length	45.5 m (149 ft)
Beam	11.5 m (38 ft)
Draught	4.7 m (15 ft)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	French service: 190 (later 250) British hospital ship:70
Armament	French service: UD:26 × 12-pounder guns QD/Fc: 6 × 6-pounder guns; 4 × 36-pounder obusiers added in 1794 British service: 8 × 4-pounder guns
Armour	Timber

Engageante was a 26-gun frigate of the French Navy, only ship of her class, built to a design by Jean-François Etienne. The British captured her in 1794 and converted her to a hospital ship. She served as a hospital ship until she was broken up in 1811.