HMS Proselyte was a 32-gun Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate. She was the former Dutch 36-gun frigate Jason, built in 1770 at Rotterdam, the Netherlands....

Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Proselyte: HMS Proselyte (1780) was originally the French privateer Stanislas, built at Havre...

HMS Augustus (or Augusta) was a Thames sailing barge that the British Royal Navy purchased in 1795 and used as a gun-vessel of two or three guns. She...

Hannibal in December. His successor, in January 1796, was Captain T. Lewis. On 27 January 1796, Hannibal and HMS Sampson captured the privateer Alerte. Alerte...

HMS Lowestoffe was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Built during the latter part of the Seven Years' War, she went on to see action in the...

though they chased the privateers for some 24 hours. The 32-gun frigate Proselyte, Hornet, and Drake stayed at St. Martin to secure the island and to embark...

shortly after this and by October 1796 had presumably been promoted to captain as he commissioned the 32-gun HMS Proselyte and prepared her for service. He...

in October 1796 to prevent her falling into French hands. On 18 December 1782, she departed Toulon with the frigates Précieuse and Prosélyte to escort...

(also Vsewolod; Russian: Всеволод) was a 74-gun ship of the line launched in 1796. She served in the North Sea and the Baltic until the British 74-gun third...

HMS Astraea (or Astrea) was a 32-gun fifth rate Active-class frigate of the Royal Navy. Fabian at E. Cowes launched her in 1781, and she saw action in...

Walter Boyd. Captain James McCulloch acquired a letter of marque on 4 June 1796. McCulloch sailed from Portsmouth on 12 August, bound for the Cape, Madras...

named her Légère. She served them until mid-1796 when the Royal Navy captured her and took her into service as HMS Legere. She was wrecked off the coast of...

Ganteaume's squadron. On 28 January 1801, she fought an indecisive battle against HMS Concorde. In June of the same year, under commander Dordelin, she ferried...

HMS Leda, launched in 1800, was the lead ship of a successful class of forty-seven British Royal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates. Leda's design was based...

HMS Babet was a 20-gun sixth-rate post ship of the British Royal Navy. She had previously been a corvette of the French Navy under the name Babet, until...

acting-captain of the 36-gun frigate Proselyte, employed as a floating battery. When the British finally evacuated Toulon, Proselyte brought out 300 Spanish and...

Royalist governments from across Southern France approached Hood's flagship HMS Victory to negotiate terms of an alliance. There were however no delegates...

April 1796, Captain Robert Torin received a letter of marque for Malabar. However, apparently he did not sail her for long, if at all. On 27 June 1796, Captain...

1801, but was appointed to his next command, HMS Proselyte, only in late 1804. He was given command of HMS Galatea in July 1805 and on 11 September 1805...

under the escort of HMS Hector. Rockingham arrived at Portsmouth on 19 November. Captain Lindsay sailed from Portsmouth on 27 June 1796, bound for Madras...

HMS Bonetta was the French privateer Huit Amis, launched at Bordeaux in 1798 that the British Royal Navy captured in May. In her brief naval career she...

HMS Vengeance was originally the 48-gun French Navy frigate Vengeance and lead ship of her class. She engaged USS Constellation during the Quasi-War,...

HMS Incendiary was an 8-gun fireship of the Royal Navy. She was present at a number of major battles during the French Revolutionary Wars, and captured...

included HMS Andromeda, HMS Unite, HMS Coromandel, HMS Proselyte, HMS Amphitrite, HMS Hornet, the brig HMS Drake, hired armed brig Fanny, schooner HMS Eclair...

Brook Watson was launched in 1796, probably in Holland but possibly in Denmark. She became a prize in 1801 and by 1802 was a whaler in the British Southern...

Admiral Kingsmill's squadron there with three vessels, Russell, Phoebe, and Proselyte. On 12 June 1800 Spider brought into Plymouth the lugger Expedition. She...

French Revolution and became a transport in the service of the government. HMS Hebe captured her in 1795. A. Dixon purchased her, and Daniel Bennett purchased...

the town was driven off by the town's batteries and the small frigate HMS Proselyte was sunk. For 14 days the town was bombarded from batteries Moore erected...

sailed to Ile de France to raid commerce in the Indian Ocean. On 15 May 1796 Forte, Vertu, Seine, and Régénérée were cruising between St Helena and the...

Admiral Laforey was a French prize captured in 1796 that entered Lloyd's Register in 1797 with R. Smith, master, and Brickwood, owner. She originally sailed...