French frigate Minerve (1794)

Minerve heading for the open sea at the mouth of the Tagus in 1797, by Thomas Buttersworth
History
France
Name	Minerve
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	January 1792
Launched	5 September 1794
Captured	23 June 1795 by the Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name	Minerve
Acquired	23 June 1795
Captured	3 July 1803 by the French Navy
France
Name	Canonnière
Acquired	3 July 1803
Renamed	Canonnière in August 1806 Confiance in June 1809
Captured	3 February 1810 by the Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Confiance
Acquired	3 February 1810
Fate	Struck from navy lists by 1814
General characteristics
Class and type	Minerve-class frigate
Tons burthen	1,10179⁄94 (bm)[1]
Length	48.4 m (158 ft 10 in)
Beam	12.2 m (40 ft 0 in)
Draught	5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Armament	As built: 28 × 18-pounder guns + 12 × 8-pounder guns Later:28 × 18-pounder guns + 16 × 32-pounder carronades + 6 × 6-pounder guns

Minerve was a 40-gun Minerve-class frigate of the French Navy. The British captured her twice and the French recaptured her once. She therefore served under four names before being broken up in 1814:

• Minerve, 1794–1795
• HMS Minerve, 1795–1803
• Canonnière, 1803–1810
• HMS Confiance, 1810–1814