French frigate Embuscade (1790)

The "Embuscade" ("Ambush") was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy.

In 1792, she escorted convoys to and from Martinique, and ferried Edmond-Charles Genêt to the USA. On 31 July 1793, she encountered and fought HMS "Boston".

With Van Stabel's squadron she took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver.

Captured by the British during the Battle of Tory Island in 1797, she was recommissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS "Ambuscade", and in 1804 she was renamed HMS "Seine". She was eventually broken up in 1813.

External links

* [http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/S/04199.html Naval Database]

References

*"The Naval History of Great Britain, 1793 - 1820", Volumes II and III, William James, R. Bentley, London, 1837.
* [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=0145 Age of Nelson Website - HMS "Ambuscade"]
* [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=2013 Age of Nelson Website - HMS "Seine"]