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HMS Modeste was a 36-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had previously been a ship of the French Navy under the name Modeste. Launched in France in 1786, she served during the first actions of the French Revolutionary Wars until being captured while in harbour at Genoa, in circumstances disputed by the French and British, and which created a diplomatic incident. Taken into British service she spent the rest of the French Revolutionary and most of the Napoleonic Wars under the white ensign. She served with distinction in the East Indies, capturing several privateers and enemy vessels, including the French corvette Iéna. She also saw service in a variety of roles, as a troopship, a receiving ship, and a floating battery, until finally being broken up in 1814, as the Napoleonic War

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  • HMS Modeste was a 36-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had previously been a ship of the French Navy under the name Modeste. Launched in France in 1786, she served during the first actions of the French Revolutionary Wars until being captured while in harbour at Genoa, in circumstances disputed by the French and British, and which created a diplomatic incident. Taken into British service she spent the rest of the French Revolutionary and most of the Napoleonic Wars under the white ensign. She served with distinction in the East Indies, capturing several privateers and enemy vessels, including the French corvette Iéna. She also saw service in a variety of roles, as a troopship, a receiving ship, and a floating battery, until finally being broken up in 1814, as the Napoleonic Wars drew to a close. (en)
  • La Modeste est une frégate de classe Magicienne portant 32 canons lancée en 1786 pour la Marine royale française. En 1793, lors du raid sur Gênes, elle est capturée par la Royal Navy qui massacre une partie de l'équipage. Elle entre alors en service dans la marine britannique sous le nom de HMS Modeste et est désarmée en 1814. (fr)
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  • *French service *Upper deck: 26 x 12-pounder guns *Spar deck:6 x 6-pounder guns *British service *Upper deck: 26 x 18-pounder guns *QD: 14 x 32-pounder carronades *Fc: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 2 x 32-pounder carronades (en)
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  • January 1787 (en)
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  • Broken up in June 1814 (en)
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  • Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt" (en)
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  • February 1785 (en)
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  • La Modeste est une frégate de classe Magicienne portant 32 canons lancée en 1786 pour la Marine royale française. En 1793, lors du raid sur Gênes, elle est capturée par la Royal Navy qui massacre une partie de l'équipage. Elle entre alors en service dans la marine britannique sous le nom de HMS Modeste et est désarmée en 1814. (fr)
  • HMS Modeste was a 36-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had previously been a ship of the French Navy under the name Modeste. Launched in France in 1786, she served during the first actions of the French Revolutionary Wars until being captured while in harbour at Genoa, in circumstances disputed by the French and British, and which created a diplomatic incident. Taken into British service she spent the rest of the French Revolutionary and most of the Napoleonic Wars under the white ensign. She served with distinction in the East Indies, capturing several privateers and enemy vessels, including the French corvette Iéna. She also saw service in a variety of roles, as a troopship, a receiving ship, and a floating battery, until finally being broken up in 1814, as the Napoleonic War (en)
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