French frigate Clorinde (1801)
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The Clorinde was a 44-gun Uranie class frigate of the French Navy
French Navy
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She was laid down as Havraise in 1796, and was renamed to Clorinde before her commissioning in Nantes. In 1801, she was under Emmanuel Halgan
Emmanuel Halgan
Emmanuel Halgan was a French Navy officer and admiral.- Biography :Born to the family of a bailiff, Halgan joined the French Royal Navy aged 16. He then served as a lieutenant and first officer on merchantmen....

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In February 1802, under frigate captain Pierre-Marie Le Bozec
Pierre-Marie Le Bozec
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, she was sent on station at Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
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. She was surrendered to the British when Santo Domingo fell, along with Surveillante
French frigate Surveillante (1802)
The Surveillante entered service as a 40-gun Virginie class frigate of the French Navy. She was surrendered to the British in 1803, after which she served in the Royal Navy, classed under the British system as a 38 gun vessel, until 1814 when she was decommissioned...

, and brought into British service as HMS Clorinde .

In November 1810, she was part of the squadron that took possession of Isle of France
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