French frigate Hélène (1791)
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 France
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| Name: | Hélène |
| Builder: | Rochefort |
| Launched: | May 1791 |
| Captured: | February 1793 |
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| Name: | Sirena |
| Out of service: | 1807 |
| Fate: | Broken up (1807) |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 620 tonnes |
| Length: | 134 ft (41 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
| Draught: | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament: | |
The Hélène was a 34-gun Charmante class frigate of the French Navy. In 1793 she was captured by the Spanish Navy whilst endeavouring to make her escape, and was renamed Sirena. She was broken up in 1807.
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