HMS Tribune (1796)

Engagement between the Unicorn Frigate Capt Williams and the Tribune French Frigate near Waterford, an 1801 engraving depicting HMS Unicorn's capture of Tribune
History
France
Name	Charente Inférieure, renamed to Tribune
Builder	Rochefort
Launched	1793
Great Britain
Name	HMS Tribune
Acquired	Captured from the French on 8 June 1796
Fate	Wrecked on 16 November 1797,[1] or 23 November ,[2] at Halifax, Nova Scotia, after running onto Thrum Cap shoal
General characteristics
Class and type	36-gun fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	91634⁄94 (bm)
Length	143 ft 7+1⁄2 in (43.8 m) (overall); 119 ft 0+5⁄8 in (36.3 m)
Beam	38 ft 0+1⁄2 in (11.6 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 6+1⁄2 in (3.5 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	244
Armament	Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns QD: 6 × 6-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Tribune was a Royal Navy 36-gun fifth rate. This frigate was originally the French Galathée-class frigate Charente Inférieure, which was launched in 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars and renamed Tribune the next year. The British captured her and took her into service with the Royal Navy. She only served for a year before being wrecked off Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, on 16 or 23 November 1797. Of the 240 men on board, all but 12 were lost.