French frigate Sibylle (1791)

La Sybil, at anchor off Gibraltar, by Anton Schranz
History
France
Name	Sibylle
Namesake	Sybil
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	April 1790
Launched	30 August 1791[1]
In service	May 1792
Captured	17 June 1794
Great Britain
Name	Sybille[3]
Acquired	17 June 1794
Decommissioned	1833
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Sybille 28 Feby. 1799"[2]
Fate	Sold 7 August 1833
General characteristics
Class and type	Hébé-class frigate
Displacement	700 tonnes
Length	46.3 m (152 ft)
Beam	11.9 m (39 ft)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft)
Complement	297
Armament	French service: Gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder long guns Fc and QD: 8 × 8-pounder long guns British service: 1794: Gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 12 9-pounder guns Fc: 4 9-pounder guns 1799: Gundeck: 4 × 9-pounder guns and 12 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns and 6 × 32-pounder carronades Later: QD: 8 × 9-pounder guns + 6 × 32-pounder carronades

Sibylle was a 38-gun Hébé-class frigate of the French Navy. She was launched in 1791 at the dockyards in Toulon and placed in service in 1792. After the 50-gun fourth rate HMS Romney captured her in 1794, the British took her into service as HMS Sybille.^[a] She served in the Royal Navy until disposed of in 1833. While in British service, Sybille participated in three notable single-ship actions, in each case capturing a French vessel. On anti-slavery duties off West Africa from July 1827 to June 1830, Sybille captured many slavers and freed some 3,500 slaves. She was finally sold in 1833 in Portsmouth.

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