List of ships captured in the 18th century
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During times of war where naval engagements were frequent, many battles were fought that often resulted in the capture of the enemy's ships. The ships were often renamed and used in the service of the capturing country's navy. Merchant ships were also captured and taken into service by their captors.
During times of war where naval engagements were frequent, many battles were fought that often resulted in the capture of the enemy's ships. The ships were often renamed and used in the service of the capturing country's navy. Merchant ships were also captured and taken into service by their captors.
During times of war where naval engagements were frequent, many battles were fought that often resulted in the capture of the enemy's ships. The ships were often renamed and used in the service of the capturing country's navy. Merchant ships were also captured and taken into service by their captors.
1702
- : Battle of Vigo BayBattle of Vigo BayThe Battle of Vigo Bay, also known as the Battle of Rande , was a naval engagement fought on 23 October 1702 during the opening years of the War of the Spanish Succession. The engagement followed an Anglo-Dutch attempt to capture the Spanish port of Cádiz in September in an effort to secure a naval...
, 23 October: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 68-gun ship was captured by the Royal Netherlands Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 10-gun ketch was captured by the French Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 56-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 76-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 44-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 44-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy.
1703
- : The 24-gun sixth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 40-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 10 April by the French Navy's and three privateers.
1704
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy's and .
- : The 70-gun third rate was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
1705
- : Battle of Cabrita PointBattle of Cabrita pointThe Battle of Cabrita Point, usually referred to as the Battle of Marbella, was a naval battle that took place while a combined Spanish-French force besieged Gibraltar on 10 March 1705 during the War of Spanish Succession.The battle was an allied victory which effectively ended the Franco-Spanish...
, 21 March: The 66-gun ship was captured by the Royal Netherlands Navy. - : Battle of Cabrita PointBattle of Cabrita pointThe Battle of Cabrita Point, usually referred to as the Battle of Marbella, was a naval battle that took place while a combined Spanish-French force besieged Gibraltar on 10 March 1705 during the War of Spanish Succession.The battle was an allied victory which effectively ended the Franco-Spanish...
, 21 March: The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : The 54-gun ship was captured on 19 August by the Royal Navy's , and .
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy's .
- : The 24-gun sixth rate frigate was captured in May by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Cabrita PointBattle of Cabrita pointThe Battle of Cabrita Point, usually referred to as the Battle of Marbella, was a naval battle that took place while a combined Spanish-French force besieged Gibraltar on 10 March 1705 during the War of Spanish Succession.The battle was an allied victory which effectively ended the Franco-Spanish...
, 21 March: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Netherlands Navy. - : The 54-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured in October by the French Navy.
- : The 44-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1706
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
1707
- : The 54-gun ship was captured in March by Dutch privateers.
- : Battle at The Lizard, 21 October: The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
- : Battle at The Lizard, 21 October: The 80-gun third rate was captured by the French Navy's and .
- : Action of 2 May 1707Action of 2 May 1707The Action of 2 May 1707, also known as Beachy Head, was a naval battle of the War of the Spanish Succession in which a French squadron under Claude de Forbin, intercepted a large British convoy escorted by three ships of the line, under Commodore Baron Wylde...
: The 70-gun third rate was captured by the French Navy's , and . - : Action of 2 May 1707: The 70-gun third rate was captured by the French Navy's , and .
- : The 4-gun hoyHoy (boat)A hoy was a small sloop-rigged coasting ship or a heavy barge used for freight, usually displacing about 60 tons. The word derives from the Middle Dutch hoey. In 1495, one of the Paston Letters included the phrase, An hoye of Dorderycht , in such a way as to indicate that such contact was then...
was captured by the French Navy. - : Battle at The Lizard, 21 October: The 40-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy's .
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1708
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 15 March by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 15 March by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
1709
- : The 44-gun fourth rate was captured on 1 March by the French Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 17 March by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 46-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 32-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy's .
- : The 38-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured on 26 October by the French Navy.
- : The 4-gun hoy was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
1710
- : The 56-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 24-gun sixth rate was captured by the Spanish Navy.
- : The 54-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 56-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1711
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 56-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 62-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1712
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1713
- : The 70-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
1714
- : The 52-gun ship was captured by the Royal Swedish Navy.
1717
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Kingdom of Great Britain: The merchant ship was captured, looted, burnt and sunk off Saint VincentSaint Vincent-Places:*Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*Saint Vincent , the main island of Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCanada*Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Quebec, a borough in Laval, QuebecFrance* Saint-Vincent, Haute-Garonne, in the Haute-Garonne département...
by Queen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's Revenge was the name of English pirate Blackbeard's flagship, used by him for less than a year, but an effective tool in his prize taking....
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BlackbeardBlackbeardEdward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....
). - La ConcordeQueen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's Revenge was the name of English pirate Blackbeard's flagship, used by him for less than a year, but an effective tool in his prize taking....
: The slave ship was captured on 28 November off Saint Vincent by Revenge and another ship (both BlackbeardBlackbeardEdward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....
). - Margaret ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The merchant ship was captured on 5 December off AnguillaAnguillaAnguilla is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin...
by Queen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's Revenge was the name of English pirate Blackbeard's flagship, used by him for less than a year, but an effective tool in his prize taking....
( BlackbeardBlackbeardEdward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....
). She was looted and then released.
1718
- (
Spain): Battle of Cape PassaroBattle of Cape PassaroThe Battle of Cape Passaro was the defeat of a Spanish fleet under Admirals Antonio de Gaztañeta and Fernando Chacón by a British fleet under Admiral George Byng, near Cape Passero, Sicily, on 11 August 1718, four months before the War of the Quadruple Alliance was formally...
, 11 August. The 70-gun ship was captured by and . - Protestant Caesar ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The merchant ship was captured on 9 April by Adventure, Revenge, Queen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's Revenge was the name of English pirate Blackbeard's flagship, used by him for less than a year, but an effective tool in his prize taking....
, and other ships (all BlackbeardBlackbeardEdward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....
). She was looted, burnt and sunk.
1719
- : Battle of Ösel IslandBattle of Osel IslandThe Battle of Osel Island took place on May 24, 1719, during the Great Northern War. It was fought near the island of Saaremaa . It led to a victory for the Russian captain Naum Senyavin, whose forces captured three enemy vessels, sustaining as few as eighteen casualties...
, 24 May: The 10-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy. - : Battle of Ösel Island, 24 May: The 30-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- : Battle of Ösel Island, 24 May: The 52-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
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- : The 56-gun ship was captured in 1713 or 1714 by the Royal Swedish Navy.
1722
- Ranger (
Bartholomew RobertsBartholomew RobertsBartholomew Roberts , born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who raided ships off America and West Africa between 1719 and 1722. He was the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. He is estimated to have captured over 470 vessels...
): The pirate ship was captured on 5 February by the Royal Navy's . - Royal Fortune ( Bartholomew RobertsBartholomew RobertsBartholomew Roberts , born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who raided ships off America and West Africa between 1719 and 1722. He was the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. He is estimated to have captured over 470 vessels...
): The pirate ship was captured on 10 February by the Royal Navy's .
1739
- : The ship was captured on 3 March by the Royal Navy.
1744
- (
Spain): The merchant ship was captured in February by the French Navy.
1745
- : The 14-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1746
- : The 14-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 18-gun sloop was captured by the Royal Navy.
- (: The 10-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured in October by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
1747
- : First Battle of Cape FinisterreFirst battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)The First Battle of Cape Finisterre saw 14 British ships of the line under Admiral George Anson attack a French 30-ship convoy commanded by Admiral de la Jonquière during the War of the Austrian Succession. The British captured 4 ships of the line, 2 frigates and 7 merchantmen, in a five-hour...
, 3 MayJulian calendarThe Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year .The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months...
: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : Second Battle of Cape FinisterreSecond battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)The Second Battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval battle which took place on 25 October 1747 during the War of the Austrian Succession...
, 14 JuneJulian calendarThe Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year .The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months...
: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 74-gun third rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 30-gun fifth rate was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1748
- : The Compagnie des IndesFrench East India CompanyThe French East India Company was a commercial enterprise, founded in 1664 to compete with the British and Dutch East India companies in colonial India....
ship was captured by the French Navy. - : The 74-gun third rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
1755
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 8 June by the Royal Navy's and .
- : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1756
- : The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured in March by the French Navy.
1757
- : Battle of LagosBattle of LagosThe naval Battle of Lagos between Britain and France took place on August 19, 1759 during the Seven Years' War off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and is named after Lagos, Portugal. For the British, it was part of the Annus Mirabilis of 1759.-Origins:...
, 18 August: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 17 March by the French Navy.
1758
- : The privateer was captured by the British.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 2 November in the Irish Sea by the Royal Navy's .
- : Siege of LouisbourgSiege of Louisbourg (1758)The Siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal battle of the Seven Years' War in 1758 which ended the French colonial era in Atlantic Canada and led directly to the loss of Quebec in 1759 and the remainder of French North America the following year.-Background:The British government realized that with the...
: The 64-gun ship was captured on 25 July by the Royal Navy's . - : The 24-gun sixth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of CartagenaBattle of Cartagena (1758)The Battle of Cartagena took place on 28 February 1758 off the Spanish port of Cartagena during the Seven Years War. A British fleet under Henry Osborn, which had blockaded a French fleet in Cartagena, attacked and defeated a French force under Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville coming to their...
, 28 February: The 80-gun ship was captured on 28 February by the Royal Navy's , and . - : Battle of Fort NiagaraBattle of Fort NiagaraThe Battle of Fort Niagara was a siege late in the French and Indian War, the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War. The British siege of Fort Niagara in July 1759 was part of a campaign to remove French control of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions, making possible a western invasion...
, 6–26 July: The snowSnow (ship)A snow or snaw is a sailing vessel. A type of brig , snows were primarily used as merchant ships, but saw war service as well...
was captured uncompleted at Fort NiagaraFort NiagaraFort Niagara is a fortification originally built to protect the interests of New France in North America. It is located near Youngstown, New York, on the eastern bank of the Niagara River at its mouth, on Lake Ontario.-Origin:...
, New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
and completed as HMS Mohawk. - : The 64-gun ship was captured in February by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 29 May by the Royal Navy's and .
1759
- : The 32-gun frigate was captured on 18 May by the Royal Navy's , and .
- : Battle of LagosBattle of LagosThe naval Battle of Lagos between Britain and France took place on August 19, 1759 during the Seven Years' War off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and is named after Lagos, Portugal. For the British, it was part of the Annus Mirabilis of 1759.-Origins:...
, 19 August: The 74-gun ship was captured on 18 August by the Royal Navy. - : Battle of Quiberon BayBattle of Quiberon BayThe naval Battle of Quiberon Bay took place on 20 November 1759 during the Seven Years' War in Quiberon Bay, off the coast of France near St. Nazaire...
, 20 November: The 80-gun ship was captured on 20 November by the Royal Navy's . - : Battle of Lagos, 19 August: The 64-gun ship was captured on 18 August by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Lagos, 19 August: The 74-gun ship was captured on 18 August by the Royal Navy's .
1761
- : The 64-gun ship was captured in July by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 3 April by the Royal Navy.
- : The 18-gun sloop was captured on 30 January by the Royal Navy.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 56-gun ship was captured on 1 April by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The was captured on 8 January by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured on 24 January by the Royal Navy.
1762
- : The 60-gun ship was captured on 13 August by the Royal Navy.
- (navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}): The was captured on 23 May by the French Navy.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured on 13 August by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 13 August by the Royal Navy.
1770
- : Battle of ChesmaBattle of ChesmaThe naval Battle of Chesma took place on 5 -7 July 1770 near and in Çeşme Bay, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice...
, 5–7 July: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
1775
- : The 10-gun sloop was captured by an American privateer.
1776
- : The sloop was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- ( Continental NavyContinental NavyThe Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. Through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron, John Adams and vigorous Congressional support in the face of stiff opposition, the fleet cumulatively became relatively...
): The 14-gun schooner was captured on 26 August by the Royal Navy's . - Mifflin ( Continental NavyContinental NavyThe Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. Through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron, John Adams and vigorous Congressional support in the face of stiff opposition, the fleet cumulatively became relatively...
): Commanded by G.W.Babcock, captured 1776 by British cruisers at New York.
1777
- : The frigate was captured on 8 July by the Royal Navy's .
- Industrious Bee ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The brigantineBrigantineIn sailing, a brigantine or hermaphrodite brig is a vessel with two masts, only the forward of which is square rigged.-Origins of the term:...
was captured on 29 August by the Continental Navy's . - (: The 14-gun brig was captured by the Royal Navy.
1778
- : The 18-gun sloop was captured in April by the French Navy's .
- : The 12-gun sloop was captured by the United States Navy.
- ( Continental NavyContinental NavyThe Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. Through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron, John Adams and vigorous Congressional support in the face of stiff opposition, the fleet cumulatively became relatively...
): The 32-gun frigate ran aground at Martinicus, Maine and was abandoned. She was captured by the Royal Navy three days later and refloated.
1779
- : The convict ship was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 64-gun third rate was captured on 17 August by the French Navy's .
- : The was captured on 10 September by the French Navy's .
- : The privateer was captured on 13 October by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 14-gun brig-sloop was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The was captured on 1 May by the French Navy's .
1780
- : The frigate was captured on 14 July by the Royal Navy's .
- : Battle of Cape St. VincentBattle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)The naval Battle of Cape St Vincent, took place off the coast of Portugal on 16 January 1780 during the American War of Independence. A British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney defeated a Spanish squadron under Don Juan de Lángara. The battle is sometimes referred to as the Moonlight Battle,...
, 16 January: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January: The 80-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 14-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
- ( Spain): Action of 8 January 1780Action of 8 January 1780The Action of 8 January 1780 was a naval encounter off Cape Finisterre between a British Royal Naval fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney, and a fleet of Spanish merchants sailing in convoy with seven warships of the Caracas Company, under the command of Commodore Don Juan Augustin de Yardi....
: The armed merchantman was captured by the Royal Navy. - : The ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The frigate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January: The 68-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 44-gun fifth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 24 February by the Royal Navy.
- ( Spain): Action of 8 January 1780: The 16-gun private corvette was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1781
- : The was captured on 2 July by the Royal Navy's .
- MarsHMS Orestes (1781)HMS Orestes was an 18-gun Dutch-built brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was originally built as the privateer Mars, and was captured by the British in 1781. She went on to serve during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War and the French Revolutionary Wars.The privateer was one of two captured in the North...
(
Dutch Republic): The 18-gun privateer brig-sloop was captured on 3 December by the Royal Navy's . - } : The was captured on 11 September by the French Navy.
- : The fourth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 16-gun sloop was captured on 3 April by the Spanish Navy's and .
1782
- : The 64-gun ship was captured in April by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured.
- : Battle of the SaintesBattle of the SaintesThe Battle of the Saintes took place over 4 days, 9 April 1782 – 12 April 1782, during the American War of Independence, and was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse forcing the French and Spanish to abandon a planned...
, 9–12 April: The 64-gun third rate was captured by the Royal Navy. - : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of the SaintesBattle of the SaintesThe Battle of the Saintes took place over 4 days, 9 April 1782 – 12 April 1782, during the American War of Independence, and was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse forcing the French and Spanish to abandon a planned...
, 9–12 April: The 74-gun ship was capturedby the Royal Navy - : Battle of the Saintes, 9–12 April: The was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 21 January by the French Navy's .
- : The was captured by the French Navy
- : The frigate was captured on 9 September by the French Navy's .
- : Battle of the Mona PassageBattle of the Mona PassageThe Battle of the Mona Passage was a naval engagement on 19 April 1782 between a British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, and a small French fleet. It took place in the Mona Passage, a strait separating Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, shortly after the British victory at the Battle of the...
, 19 April: The 64-gun ship was captured on 19 April by the Royal Navy. - : The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The was captured on 21 April by the Royal Navy's .
- : Great Siege of GibraltarGreat Siege of GibraltarThe Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence. This was the largest action fought during the war in terms of numbers, particularly the Grand Assault of 18 September 1782...
, 24 June 1779 – 7 February 1783: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : Action of 6 December 1782Action of 6 December 1782The Action of 6 December 1782 was a single-ship action fought between HMS Ruby and the French ship Solitaire off the coast of Martinique. The Ruby easily defeated the Solitaire.-Battle:...
: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy's . - : The 90-gun first rate was captured in April by the Royal Navy.
1783
- : The was captured on 15 February by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 28-gun sixth rate was captured on 12 January by the French Navy.
1788
- : The 62-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- : Battle of HoglandBattle of HoglandThe naval Battle of Hogland took place on 17 July 1788 during the Russo-Swedish War .-Origins:On the outbreak of war with Russia in 1788, Sweden planned to attack the Russian capital St. Petersburg...
, 17 July: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy. - : Battle of Hogland, 17 July: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Swedish Navy.
- A 64-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy and commissioned as .
1789
- ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The sloop was captured in March by the Spanish Navy.
1790
- (: Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- : Battle of TendraBattle of TendraThe naval Battle of Tendra, fought on 8 and 9 September 1790 in the Black Sea as part of the Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792, was a victory for Russian Empire over the Ottoman Empire....
, 8–9 September: The 78-gun ship was capturd by the Imperial Russian Navy. - : Battle of RevalBattle of RevalThe naval Battle of Reval or took place on 13 May 1790 during the Russo-Swedish War , off the port of Reval .-Origins:...
, 13 May: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy. - : Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 66-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- (: Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 66-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- (: Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- (: Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 54-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
1793
- ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The East India Company'sEast India CompanyThe East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
merchant ship was captured in May by a French privateer. - : Siege of ToulonSiege of ToulonThe Siege of Toulon was an early Republican victory over a Royalist rebellion in the Southern French city of Toulon. It is also often known as the Fall of Toulon.-Context:...
18 September – 18 December: The was seized by the Royal Navy as a prize of war. - : Siege of Toulon: The 74-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The brig was captured on 28 August by the Royal Navy.
- : The brig was burnt and scuttled on 18 December. She was salvaged by the French Navy on 28 December.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Action of 18 June 1793Action of 18 June 1793The Action of 18 June 1793 was the first decisive and one of the most celebrated encounters between British and French frigates during the French Revolutionary Wars. The action occurred off Start Point in Devon, when the British frigate HMS Nymphe encountered and chased the French frigate Cléopâtre...
: The was captured by the Royal Navy's . - : Siege of Toulon: The was seized on 29 August by the Royal Navy as a prize of warPrize of warA prize of war is a piece of military property seized by the victorious party after a war or battle, typically at sea. This term was used nearly exclusively in terms of a captured ship during the 18th and 19th centuries....
. - : The was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The 74-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The 16-gun brig-sloop was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: The 74-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: The 64-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: The 74-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The was captured on 11 October by the Spanish Navy's and the Royal Navy's
During times of war where naval engagements were frequent, many battles were fought that often resulted in the capture of the enemy's ships. The ships were often renamed and used in the service of the capturing country's navy. Merchant ships were also captured and taken into service by their captors.
1702
- : Battle of Vigo BayBattle of Vigo BayThe Battle of Vigo Bay, also known as the Battle of Rande , was a naval engagement fought on 23 October 1702 during the opening years of the War of the Spanish Succession. The engagement followed an Anglo-Dutch attempt to capture the Spanish port of Cádiz in September in an effort to secure a naval...
, 23 October: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 68-gun ship was captured by the Royal Netherlands Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 10-gun ketch was captured by the French Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 56-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 76-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 44-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 44-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy.
1703
- : The 24-gun sixth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 40-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 10 April by the French Navy's and three privateers.
1704
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy's and .
- : The 70-gun third rate was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
1705
- : Battle of Cabrita PointBattle of Cabrita pointThe Battle of Cabrita Point, usually referred to as the Battle of Marbella, was a naval battle that took place while a combined Spanish-French force besieged Gibraltar on 10 March 1705 during the War of Spanish Succession.The battle was an allied victory which effectively ended the Franco-Spanish...
, 21 March: The 66-gun ship was captured by the Royal Netherlands Navy. - : Battle of Cabrita PointBattle of Cabrita pointThe Battle of Cabrita Point, usually referred to as the Battle of Marbella, was a naval battle that took place while a combined Spanish-French force besieged Gibraltar on 10 March 1705 during the War of Spanish Succession.The battle was an allied victory which effectively ended the Franco-Spanish...
, 21 March: The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : The 54-gun ship was captured on 19 August by the Royal Navy's , and .
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy's .
- : The 24-gun sixth rate frigate was captured in May by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Cabrita PointBattle of Cabrita pointThe Battle of Cabrita Point, usually referred to as the Battle of Marbella, was a naval battle that took place while a combined Spanish-French force besieged Gibraltar on 10 March 1705 during the War of Spanish Succession.The battle was an allied victory which effectively ended the Franco-Spanish...
, 21 March: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Netherlands Navy. - : The 54-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured in October by the French Navy.
- : The 44-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1706
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
1707
- : The 54-gun ship was captured in March by Dutch privateers.
- : Battle at The Lizard, 21 October: The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
- : Battle at The Lizard, 21 October: The 80-gun third rate was captured by the French Navy's and .
- : Action of 2 May 1707Action of 2 May 1707The Action of 2 May 1707, also known as Beachy Head, was a naval battle of the War of the Spanish Succession in which a French squadron under Claude de Forbin, intercepted a large British convoy escorted by three ships of the line, under Commodore Baron Wylde...
: The 70-gun third rate was captured by the French Navy's , and . - : Action of 2 May 1707: The 70-gun third rate was captured by the French Navy's , and .
- : The 4-gun hoyHoy (boat)A hoy was a small sloop-rigged coasting ship or a heavy barge used for freight, usually displacing about 60 tons. The word derives from the Middle Dutch hoey. In 1495, one of the Paston Letters included the phrase, An hoye of Dorderycht , in such a way as to indicate that such contact was then...
was captured by the French Navy. - : Battle at The Lizard, 21 October: The 40-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy's .
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1708
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 15 March by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 15 March by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
1709
- : The 44-gun fourth rate was captured on 1 March by the French Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 17 March by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 46-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 32-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy's .
- : The 38-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured on 26 October by the French Navy.
- : The 4-gun hoy was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
1710
- : The 56-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 24-gun sixth rate was captured by the Spanish Navy.
- : The 54-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 56-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1711
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 56-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 62-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1712
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1713
- : The 70-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
1714
- : The 52-gun ship was captured by the Royal Swedish Navy.
1717
- Great Allen ( Kingdom of Great Britain: The merchant ship was captured, looted, burnt and sunk off Saint VincentSaint Vincent-Places:*Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*Saint Vincent , the main island of Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCanada*Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Quebec, a borough in Laval, QuebecFrance* Saint-Vincent, Haute-Garonne, in the Haute-Garonne département...
by Queen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's Revenge was the name of English pirate Blackbeard's flagship, used by him for less than a year, but an effective tool in his prize taking....
( BlackbeardBlackbeardEdward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....
). - La ConcordeQueen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's Revenge was the name of English pirate Blackbeard's flagship, used by him for less than a year, but an effective tool in his prize taking....
: The slave ship was captured on 28 November off Saint Vincent by Revenge and another ship (both BlackbeardBlackbeardEdward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....
). - Margaret ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The merchant ship was captured on 5 December off AnguillaAnguillaAnguilla is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin...
by Queen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's Revenge was the name of English pirate Blackbeard's flagship, used by him for less than a year, but an effective tool in his prize taking....
( BlackbeardBlackbeardEdward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....
). She was looted and then released.
1718
- ( Spain): Battle of Cape PassaroBattle of Cape PassaroThe Battle of Cape Passaro was the defeat of a Spanish fleet under Admirals Antonio de Gaztañeta and Fernando Chacón by a British fleet under Admiral George Byng, near Cape Passero, Sicily, on 11 August 1718, four months before the War of the Quadruple Alliance was formally...
, 11 August. The 70-gun ship was captured by and . - Protestant Caesar ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The merchant ship was captured on 9 April by Adventure, Revenge, Queen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's Revenge was the name of English pirate Blackbeard's flagship, used by him for less than a year, but an effective tool in his prize taking....
, and other ships (all BlackbeardBlackbeardEdward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....
). She was looted, burnt and sunk.
1719
- : Battle of Ösel IslandBattle of Osel IslandThe Battle of Osel Island took place on May 24, 1719, during the Great Northern War. It was fought near the island of Saaremaa . It led to a victory for the Russian captain Naum Senyavin, whose forces captured three enemy vessels, sustaining as few as eighteen casualties...
, 24 May: The 10-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy. - : Battle of Ösel Island, 24 May: The 30-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- : Battle of Ösel Island, 24 May: The 52-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
Unknown date
- : The 56-gun ship was captured in 1713 or 1714 by the Royal Swedish Navy.
1722
- Ranger ( Bartholomew RobertsBartholomew RobertsBartholomew Roberts , born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who raided ships off America and West Africa between 1719 and 1722. He was the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. He is estimated to have captured over 470 vessels...
): The pirate ship was captured on 5 February by the Royal Navy's . - Royal Fortune ( Bartholomew RobertsBartholomew RobertsBartholomew Roberts , born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who raided ships off America and West Africa between 1719 and 1722. He was the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. He is estimated to have captured over 470 vessels...
): The pirate ship was captured on 10 February by the Royal Navy's .
1739
- : The ship was captured on 3 March by the Royal Navy.
1744
- ( Spain): The merchant ship was captured in February by the French Navy.
1745
- : The 14-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1746
- : The 14-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 18-gun sloop was captured by the Royal Navy.
- (: The 10-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured in October by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
1747
- : First Battle of Cape FinisterreFirst battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)The First Battle of Cape Finisterre saw 14 British ships of the line under Admiral George Anson attack a French 30-ship convoy commanded by Admiral de la Jonquière during the War of the Austrian Succession. The British captured 4 ships of the line, 2 frigates and 7 merchantmen, in a five-hour...
, 3 MayJulian calendarThe Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year .The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months...
: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : Second Battle of Cape FinisterreSecond battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)The Second Battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval battle which took place on 25 October 1747 during the War of the Austrian Succession...
, 14 JuneJulian calendarThe Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year .The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months...
: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 74-gun third rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 30-gun fifth rate was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1748
- : The Compagnie des IndesFrench East India CompanyThe French East India Company was a commercial enterprise, founded in 1664 to compete with the British and Dutch East India companies in colonial India....
ship was captured by the French Navy. - : The 74-gun third rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
1755
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 8 June by the Royal Navy's and .
- : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1756
- : The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured in March by the French Navy.
1757
- : Battle of LagosBattle of LagosThe naval Battle of Lagos between Britain and France took place on August 19, 1759 during the Seven Years' War off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and is named after Lagos, Portugal. For the British, it was part of the Annus Mirabilis of 1759.-Origins:...
, 18 August: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 17 March by the French Navy.
1758
- : The privateer was captured by the British.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 2 November in the Irish Sea by the Royal Navy's .
- : Siege of LouisbourgSiege of Louisbourg (1758)The Siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal battle of the Seven Years' War in 1758 which ended the French colonial era in Atlantic Canada and led directly to the loss of Quebec in 1759 and the remainder of French North America the following year.-Background:The British government realized that with the...
: The 64-gun ship was captured on 25 July by the Royal Navy's . - : The 24-gun sixth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of CartagenaBattle of Cartagena (1758)The Battle of Cartagena took place on 28 February 1758 off the Spanish port of Cartagena during the Seven Years War. A British fleet under Henry Osborn, which had blockaded a French fleet in Cartagena, attacked and defeated a French force under Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville coming to their...
, 28 February: The 80-gun ship was captured on 28 February by the Royal Navy's , and . - : Battle of Fort NiagaraBattle of Fort NiagaraThe Battle of Fort Niagara was a siege late in the French and Indian War, the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War. The British siege of Fort Niagara in July 1759 was part of a campaign to remove French control of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions, making possible a western invasion...
, 6–26 July: The snowSnow (ship)A snow or snaw is a sailing vessel. A type of brig , snows were primarily used as merchant ships, but saw war service as well...
was captured uncompleted at Fort NiagaraFort NiagaraFort Niagara is a fortification originally built to protect the interests of New France in North America. It is located near Youngstown, New York, on the eastern bank of the Niagara River at its mouth, on Lake Ontario.-Origin:...
, New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
and completed as HMS Mohawk. - : The 64-gun ship was captured in February by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 29 May by the Royal Navy's and .
1759
- : The 32-gun frigate was captured on 18 May by the Royal Navy's , and .
- : Battle of LagosBattle of LagosThe naval Battle of Lagos between Britain and France took place on August 19, 1759 during the Seven Years' War off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and is named after Lagos, Portugal. For the British, it was part of the Annus Mirabilis of 1759.-Origins:...
, 19 August: The 74-gun ship was captured on 18 August by the Royal Navy. - : Battle of Quiberon BayBattle of Quiberon BayThe naval Battle of Quiberon Bay took place on 20 November 1759 during the Seven Years' War in Quiberon Bay, off the coast of France near St. Nazaire...
, 20 November: The 80-gun ship was captured on 20 November by the Royal Navy's . - : Battle of Lagos, 19 August: The 64-gun ship was captured on 18 August by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Lagos, 19 August: The 74-gun ship was captured on 18 August by the Royal Navy's .
1761
- : The 64-gun ship was captured in July by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 3 April by the Royal Navy.
- : The 18-gun sloop was captured on 30 January by the Royal Navy.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 56-gun ship was captured on 1 April by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The was captured on 8 January by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured on 24 January by the Royal Navy.
1762
- : The 60-gun ship was captured on 13 August by the Royal Navy.
- (navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}): The was captured on 23 May by the French Navy.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured on 13 August by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 13 August by the Royal Navy.
1770
- : Battle of ChesmaBattle of ChesmaThe naval Battle of Chesma took place on 5 -7 July 1770 near and in Çeşme Bay, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice...
, 5–7 July: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
1775
- : The 10-gun sloop was captured by an American privateer.
1776
- : The sloop was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- ( Continental NavyContinental NavyThe Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. Through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron, John Adams and vigorous Congressional support in the face of stiff opposition, the fleet cumulatively became relatively...
): The 14-gun schooner was captured on 26 August by the Royal Navy's . - Mifflin ( Continental NavyContinental NavyThe Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. Through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron, John Adams and vigorous Congressional support in the face of stiff opposition, the fleet cumulatively became relatively...
): Commanded by G.W.Babcock, captured 1776 by British cruisers at New York.
1777
- : The frigate was captured on 8 July by the Royal Navy's .
- Industrious Bee ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The brigantineBrigantineIn sailing, a brigantine or hermaphrodite brig is a vessel with two masts, only the forward of which is square rigged.-Origins of the term:...
was captured on 29 August by the Continental Navy's . - (: The 14-gun brig was captured by the Royal Navy.
1778
- : The 18-gun sloop was captured in April by the French Navy's .
- : The 12-gun sloop was captured by the United States Navy.
- ( Continental NavyContinental NavyThe Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. Through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron, John Adams and vigorous Congressional support in the face of stiff opposition, the fleet cumulatively became relatively...
): The 32-gun frigate ran aground at Martinicus, Maine and was abandoned. She was captured by the Royal Navy three days later and refloated.
1779
- : The convict ship was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 64-gun third rate was captured on 17 August by the French Navy's .
- : The was captured on 10 September by the French Navy's .
- : The privateer was captured on 13 October by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 14-gun brig-sloop was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The was captured on 1 May by the French Navy's .
1780
- : The frigate was captured on 14 July by the Royal Navy's .
- : Battle of Cape St. VincentBattle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)The naval Battle of Cape St Vincent, took place off the coast of Portugal on 16 January 1780 during the American War of Independence. A British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney defeated a Spanish squadron under Don Juan de Lángara. The battle is sometimes referred to as the Moonlight Battle,...
, 16 January: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January: The 80-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 14-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
- ( Spain): Action of 8 January 1780Action of 8 January 1780The Action of 8 January 1780 was a naval encounter off Cape Finisterre between a British Royal Naval fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney, and a fleet of Spanish merchants sailing in convoy with seven warships of the Caracas Company, under the command of Commodore Don Juan Augustin de Yardi....
: The armed merchantman was captured by the Royal Navy. - : The ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The frigate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January: The 68-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 44-gun fifth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 24 February by the Royal Navy.
- ( Spain): Action of 8 January 1780: The 16-gun private corvette was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1781
- : The was captured on 2 July by the Royal Navy's .
- MarsHMS Orestes (1781)HMS Orestes was an 18-gun Dutch-built brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was originally built as the privateer Mars, and was captured by the British in 1781. She went on to serve during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War and the French Revolutionary Wars.The privateer was one of two captured in the North...
( Dutch Republic): The 18-gun privateer brig-sloop was captured on 3 December by the Royal Navy's . - } : The was captured on 11 September by the French Navy.
- : The fourth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 16-gun sloop was captured on 3 April by the Spanish Navy's and .
1782
- : The 64-gun ship was captured in April by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured.
- : Battle of the SaintesBattle of the SaintesThe Battle of the Saintes took place over 4 days, 9 April 1782 – 12 April 1782, during the American War of Independence, and was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse forcing the French and Spanish to abandon a planned...
, 9–12 April: The 64-gun third rate was captured by the Royal Navy. - : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of the SaintesBattle of the SaintesThe Battle of the Saintes took place over 4 days, 9 April 1782 – 12 April 1782, during the American War of Independence, and was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse forcing the French and Spanish to abandon a planned...
, 9–12 April: The 74-gun ship was capturedby the Royal Navy - : Battle of the Saintes, 9–12 April: The was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 21 January by the French Navy's .
- : The was captured by the French Navy
- : The frigate was captured on 9 September by the French Navy's .
- : Battle of the Mona PassageBattle of the Mona PassageThe Battle of the Mona Passage was a naval engagement on 19 April 1782 between a British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, and a small French fleet. It took place in the Mona Passage, a strait separating Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, shortly after the British victory at the Battle of the...
, 19 April: The 64-gun ship was captured on 19 April by the Royal Navy. - : The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The was captured on 21 April by the Royal Navy's .
- : Great Siege of GibraltarGreat Siege of GibraltarThe Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence. This was the largest action fought during the war in terms of numbers, particularly the Grand Assault of 18 September 1782...
, 24 June 1779 – 7 February 1783: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : Action of 6 December 1782Action of 6 December 1782The Action of 6 December 1782 was a single-ship action fought between HMS Ruby and the French ship Solitaire off the coast of Martinique. The Ruby easily defeated the Solitaire.-Battle:...
: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy's . - : The 90-gun first rate was captured in April by the Royal Navy.
1783
- : The was captured on 15 February by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 28-gun sixth rate was captured on 12 January by the French Navy.
1788
- : The 62-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- : Battle of HoglandBattle of HoglandThe naval Battle of Hogland took place on 17 July 1788 during the Russo-Swedish War .-Origins:On the outbreak of war with Russia in 1788, Sweden planned to attack the Russian capital St. Petersburg...
, 17 July: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy. - : Battle of Hogland, 17 July: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Swedish Navy.
- A 64-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy and commissioned as .
1789
- ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The sloop was captured in March by the Spanish Navy.
1790
- (: Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- : Battle of TendraBattle of TendraThe naval Battle of Tendra, fought on 8 and 9 September 1790 in the Black Sea as part of the Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792, was a victory for Russian Empire over the Ottoman Empire....
, 8–9 September: The 78-gun ship was capturd by the Imperial Russian Navy. - : Battle of RevalBattle of RevalThe naval Battle of Reval or took place on 13 May 1790 during the Russo-Swedish War , off the port of Reval .-Origins:...
, 13 May: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy. - : Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 66-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- (: Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 66-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- (: Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- (: Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 54-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
1793
- ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The East India Company'sEast India CompanyThe East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
merchant ship was captured in May by a French privateer. - : Siege of ToulonSiege of ToulonThe Siege of Toulon was an early Republican victory over a Royalist rebellion in the Southern French city of Toulon. It is also often known as the Fall of Toulon.-Context:...
18 September – 18 December: The was seized by the Royal Navy as a prize of war. - : Siege of Toulon: The 74-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The brig was captured on 28 August by the Royal Navy.
- : The brig was burnt and scuttled on 18 December. She was salvaged by the French Navy on 28 December.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Action of 18 June 1793Action of 18 June 1793The Action of 18 June 1793 was the first decisive and one of the most celebrated encounters between British and French frigates during the French Revolutionary Wars. The action occurred off Start Point in Devon, when the British frigate HMS Nymphe encountered and chased the French frigate Cléopâtre...
: The was captured by the Royal Navy's . - : Siege of Toulon: The was seized on 29 August by the Royal Navy as a prize of warPrize of warA prize of war is a piece of military property seized by the victorious party after a war or battle, typically at sea. This term was used nearly exclusively in terms of a captured ship during the 18th and 19th centuries....
. - : The was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The 74-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The 16-gun brig-sloop was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: The 74-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: The 64-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: The 74-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The was captured on 11 October by the Spanish Navy's and the Royal Navy's
During times of war where naval engagements were frequent, many battles were fought that often resulted in the capture of the enemy's ships. The ships were often renamed and used in the service of the capturing country's navy. Merchant ships were also captured and taken into service by their captors.
1702
- : Battle of Vigo BayBattle of Vigo BayThe Battle of Vigo Bay, also known as the Battle of Rande , was a naval engagement fought on 23 October 1702 during the opening years of the War of the Spanish Succession. The engagement followed an Anglo-Dutch attempt to capture the Spanish port of Cádiz in September in an effort to secure a naval...
, 23 October: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 68-gun ship was captured by the Royal Netherlands Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 10-gun ketch was captured by the French Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 56-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 76-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 44-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October: The 44-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy.
1703
- : The 24-gun sixth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 40-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 10 April by the French Navy's and three privateers.
1704
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy's and .
- : The 70-gun third rate was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
1705
- : Battle of Cabrita PointBattle of Cabrita pointThe Battle of Cabrita Point, usually referred to as the Battle of Marbella, was a naval battle that took place while a combined Spanish-French force besieged Gibraltar on 10 March 1705 during the War of Spanish Succession.The battle was an allied victory which effectively ended the Franco-Spanish...
, 21 March: The 66-gun ship was captured by the Royal Netherlands Navy. - : Battle of Cabrita PointBattle of Cabrita pointThe Battle of Cabrita Point, usually referred to as the Battle of Marbella, was a naval battle that took place while a combined Spanish-French force besieged Gibraltar on 10 March 1705 during the War of Spanish Succession.The battle was an allied victory which effectively ended the Franco-Spanish...
, 21 March: The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : The 54-gun ship was captured on 19 August by the Royal Navy's , and .
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy's .
- : The 24-gun sixth rate frigate was captured in May by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Cabrita PointBattle of Cabrita pointThe Battle of Cabrita Point, usually referred to as the Battle of Marbella, was a naval battle that took place while a combined Spanish-French force besieged Gibraltar on 10 March 1705 during the War of Spanish Succession.The battle was an allied victory which effectively ended the Franco-Spanish...
, 21 March: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Netherlands Navy. - : The 54-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured in October by the French Navy.
- : The 44-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1706
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
1707
- : The 54-gun ship was captured in March by Dutch privateers.
- : Battle at The Lizard, 21 October: The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
- : Battle at The Lizard, 21 October: The 80-gun third rate was captured by the French Navy's and .
- : Action of 2 May 1707Action of 2 May 1707The Action of 2 May 1707, also known as Beachy Head, was a naval battle of the War of the Spanish Succession in which a French squadron under Claude de Forbin, intercepted a large British convoy escorted by three ships of the line, under Commodore Baron Wylde...
: The 70-gun third rate was captured by the French Navy's , and . - : Action of 2 May 1707: The 70-gun third rate was captured by the French Navy's , and .
- : The 4-gun hoyHoy (boat)A hoy was a small sloop-rigged coasting ship or a heavy barge used for freight, usually displacing about 60 tons. The word derives from the Middle Dutch hoey. In 1495, one of the Paston Letters included the phrase, An hoye of Dorderycht , in such a way as to indicate that such contact was then...
was captured by the French Navy. - : Battle at The Lizard, 21 October: The 40-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy's .
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1708
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 15 March by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 15 March by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
1709
- : The 44-gun fourth rate was captured on 1 March by the French Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 17 March by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 46-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 32-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy's .
- : The 38-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured on 26 October by the French Navy.
- : The 4-gun hoy was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
1710
- : The 56-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 24-gun sixth rate was captured by the Spanish Navy.
- : The 54-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 56-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1711
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 56-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 62-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1712
- : The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1713
- : The 70-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
1714
- : The 52-gun ship was captured by the Royal Swedish Navy.
1717
- Great Allen ( Kingdom of Great Britain: The merchant ship was captured, looted, burnt and sunk off Saint VincentSaint Vincent-Places:*Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*Saint Vincent , the main island of Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCanada*Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Quebec, a borough in Laval, QuebecFrance* Saint-Vincent, Haute-Garonne, in the Haute-Garonne département...
by Queen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's Revenge was the name of English pirate Blackbeard's flagship, used by him for less than a year, but an effective tool in his prize taking....
( BlackbeardBlackbeardEdward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....
). - La ConcordeQueen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's Revenge was the name of English pirate Blackbeard's flagship, used by him for less than a year, but an effective tool in his prize taking....
: The slave ship was captured on 28 November off Saint Vincent by Revenge and another ship (both BlackbeardBlackbeardEdward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....
). - Margaret ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The merchant ship was captured on 5 December off AnguillaAnguillaAnguilla is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin...
by Queen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's Revenge was the name of English pirate Blackbeard's flagship, used by him for less than a year, but an effective tool in his prize taking....
( BlackbeardBlackbeardEdward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....
). She was looted and then released.
1718
- ( Spain): Battle of Cape PassaroBattle of Cape PassaroThe Battle of Cape Passaro was the defeat of a Spanish fleet under Admirals Antonio de Gaztañeta and Fernando Chacón by a British fleet under Admiral George Byng, near Cape Passero, Sicily, on 11 August 1718, four months before the War of the Quadruple Alliance was formally...
, 11 August. The 70-gun ship was captured by and . - Protestant Caesar ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The merchant ship was captured on 9 April by Adventure, Revenge, Queen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's RevengeQueen Anne's Revenge was the name of English pirate Blackbeard's flagship, used by him for less than a year, but an effective tool in his prize taking....
, and other ships (all BlackbeardBlackbeardEdward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....
). She was looted, burnt and sunk.
1719
- : Battle of Ösel IslandBattle of Osel IslandThe Battle of Osel Island took place on May 24, 1719, during the Great Northern War. It was fought near the island of Saaremaa . It led to a victory for the Russian captain Naum Senyavin, whose forces captured three enemy vessels, sustaining as few as eighteen casualties...
, 24 May: The 10-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy. - : Battle of Ösel Island, 24 May: The 30-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- : Battle of Ösel Island, 24 May: The 52-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
Unknown date
- : The 56-gun ship was captured in 1713 or 1714 by the Royal Swedish Navy.
1722
- Ranger ( Bartholomew RobertsBartholomew RobertsBartholomew Roberts , born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who raided ships off America and West Africa between 1719 and 1722. He was the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. He is estimated to have captured over 470 vessels...
): The pirate ship was captured on 5 February by the Royal Navy's . - Royal Fortune ( Bartholomew RobertsBartholomew RobertsBartholomew Roberts , born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who raided ships off America and West Africa between 1719 and 1722. He was the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. He is estimated to have captured over 470 vessels...
): The pirate ship was captured on 10 February by the Royal Navy's .
1739
- : The ship was captured on 3 March by the Royal Navy.
1744
- ( Spain): The merchant ship was captured in February by the French Navy.
1745
- : The 14-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1746
- : The 14-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 18-gun sloop was captured by the Royal Navy.
- (: The 10-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured in October by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the French Navy.
1747
- : First Battle of Cape FinisterreFirst battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)The First Battle of Cape Finisterre saw 14 British ships of the line under Admiral George Anson attack a French 30-ship convoy commanded by Admiral de la Jonquière during the War of the Austrian Succession. The British captured 4 ships of the line, 2 frigates and 7 merchantmen, in a five-hour...
, 3 MayJulian calendarThe Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year .The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months...
: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : Second Battle of Cape FinisterreSecond battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)The Second Battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval battle which took place on 25 October 1747 during the War of the Austrian Succession...
, 14 JuneJulian calendarThe Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year .The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months...
: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 50-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 74-gun third rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 30-gun fifth rate was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 3 May: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 50-gun fourth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 14 June: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1748
- : The Compagnie des IndesFrench East India CompanyThe French East India Company was a commercial enterprise, founded in 1664 to compete with the British and Dutch East India companies in colonial India....
ship was captured by the French Navy. - : The 74-gun third rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
1755
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 8 June by the Royal Navy's and .
- : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1756
- : The 58-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured in March by the French Navy.
1757
- : Battle of LagosBattle of LagosThe naval Battle of Lagos between Britain and France took place on August 19, 1759 during the Seven Years' War off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and is named after Lagos, Portugal. For the British, it was part of the Annus Mirabilis of 1759.-Origins:...
, 18 August: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 17 March by the French Navy.
1758
- : The privateer was captured by the British.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 2 November in the Irish Sea by the Royal Navy's .
- : Siege of LouisbourgSiege of Louisbourg (1758)The Siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal battle of the Seven Years' War in 1758 which ended the French colonial era in Atlantic Canada and led directly to the loss of Quebec in 1759 and the remainder of French North America the following year.-Background:The British government realized that with the...
: The 64-gun ship was captured on 25 July by the Royal Navy's . - : The 24-gun sixth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of CartagenaBattle of Cartagena (1758)The Battle of Cartagena took place on 28 February 1758 off the Spanish port of Cartagena during the Seven Years War. A British fleet under Henry Osborn, which had blockaded a French fleet in Cartagena, attacked and defeated a French force under Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville coming to their...
, 28 February: The 80-gun ship was captured on 28 February by the Royal Navy's , and . - : Battle of Fort NiagaraBattle of Fort NiagaraThe Battle of Fort Niagara was a siege late in the French and Indian War, the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War. The British siege of Fort Niagara in July 1759 was part of a campaign to remove French control of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions, making possible a western invasion...
, 6–26 July: The snowSnow (ship)A snow or snaw is a sailing vessel. A type of brig , snows were primarily used as merchant ships, but saw war service as well...
was captured uncompleted at Fort NiagaraFort NiagaraFort Niagara is a fortification originally built to protect the interests of New France in North America. It is located near Youngstown, New York, on the eastern bank of the Niagara River at its mouth, on Lake Ontario.-Origin:...
, New FranceNew FranceNew France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
and completed as HMS Mohawk. - : The 64-gun ship was captured in February by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 29 May by the Royal Navy's and .
1759
- : The 32-gun frigate was captured on 18 May by the Royal Navy's , and .
- : Battle of LagosBattle of LagosThe naval Battle of Lagos between Britain and France took place on August 19, 1759 during the Seven Years' War off the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and is named after Lagos, Portugal. For the British, it was part of the Annus Mirabilis of 1759.-Origins:...
, 19 August: The 74-gun ship was captured on 18 August by the Royal Navy. - : Battle of Quiberon BayBattle of Quiberon BayThe naval Battle of Quiberon Bay took place on 20 November 1759 during the Seven Years' War in Quiberon Bay, off the coast of France near St. Nazaire...
, 20 November: The 80-gun ship was captured on 20 November by the Royal Navy's . - : Battle of Lagos, 19 August: The 64-gun ship was captured on 18 August by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Lagos, 19 August: The 74-gun ship was captured on 18 August by the Royal Navy's .
1761
- : The 64-gun ship was captured in July by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 3 April by the Royal Navy.
- : The 18-gun sloop was captured on 30 January by the Royal Navy.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 56-gun ship was captured on 1 April by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The was captured on 8 January by the Royal Navy.
- : The 60-gun fourth rate was captured on 24 January by the Royal Navy.
1762
- : The 60-gun ship was captured on 13 August by the Royal Navy.
- (navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}}): The was captured on 23 May by the French Navy.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured on 13 August by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 13 August by the Royal Navy.
1770
- : Battle of ChesmaBattle of ChesmaThe naval Battle of Chesma took place on 5 -7 July 1770 near and in Çeşme Bay, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice...
, 5–7 July: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
1775
- : The 10-gun sloop was captured by an American privateer.
1776
- : The sloop was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- ( Continental NavyContinental NavyThe Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. Through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron, John Adams and vigorous Congressional support in the face of stiff opposition, the fleet cumulatively became relatively...
): The 14-gun schooner was captured on 26 August by the Royal Navy's . - Mifflin ( Continental NavyContinental NavyThe Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. Through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron, John Adams and vigorous Congressional support in the face of stiff opposition, the fleet cumulatively became relatively...
): Commanded by G.W.Babcock, captured 1776 by British cruisers at New York.
1777
- : The frigate was captured on 8 July by the Royal Navy's .
- Industrious Bee ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The brigantineBrigantineIn sailing, a brigantine or hermaphrodite brig is a vessel with two masts, only the forward of which is square rigged.-Origins of the term:...
was captured on 29 August by the Continental Navy's . - (: The 14-gun brig was captured by the Royal Navy.
1778
- : The 18-gun sloop was captured in April by the French Navy's .
- : The 12-gun sloop was captured by the United States Navy.
- ( Continental NavyContinental NavyThe Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. Through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron, John Adams and vigorous Congressional support in the face of stiff opposition, the fleet cumulatively became relatively...
): The 32-gun frigate ran aground at Martinicus, Maine and was abandoned. She was captured by the Royal Navy three days later and refloated.
1779
- : The convict ship was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 64-gun third rate was captured on 17 August by the French Navy's .
- : The was captured on 10 September by the French Navy's .
- : The privateer was captured on 13 October by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 14-gun brig-sloop was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The was captured on 1 May by the French Navy's .
1780
- : The frigate was captured on 14 July by the Royal Navy's .
- : Battle of Cape St. VincentBattle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)The naval Battle of Cape St Vincent, took place off the coast of Portugal on 16 January 1780 during the American War of Independence. A British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney defeated a Spanish squadron under Don Juan de Lángara. The battle is sometimes referred to as the Moonlight Battle,...
, 16 January: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January: The 80-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 14-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
- ( Spain): Action of 8 January 1780Action of 8 January 1780The Action of 8 January 1780 was a naval encounter off Cape Finisterre between a British Royal Naval fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney, and a fleet of Spanish merchants sailing in convoy with seven warships of the Caracas Company, under the command of Commodore Don Juan Augustin de Yardi....
: The armed merchantman was captured by the Royal Navy. - : The ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The frigate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January: The 68-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 44-gun fifth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 24 February by the Royal Navy.
- ( Spain): Action of 8 January 1780: The 16-gun private corvette was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1781
- : The was captured on 2 July by the Royal Navy's .
- MarsHMS Orestes (1781)HMS Orestes was an 18-gun Dutch-built brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was originally built as the privateer Mars, and was captured by the British in 1781. She went on to serve during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War and the French Revolutionary Wars.The privateer was one of two captured in the North...
( Dutch Republic): The 18-gun privateer brig-sloop was captured on 3 December by the Royal Navy's . - } : The was captured on 11 September by the French Navy.
- : The fourth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 16-gun sloop was captured on 3 April by the Spanish Navy's and .
1782
- : The 64-gun ship was captured in April by the Royal Navy.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured.
- : Battle of the SaintesBattle of the SaintesThe Battle of the Saintes took place over 4 days, 9 April 1782 – 12 April 1782, during the American War of Independence, and was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse forcing the French and Spanish to abandon a planned...
, 9–12 April: The 64-gun third rate was captured by the Royal Navy. - : The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of the SaintesBattle of the SaintesThe Battle of the Saintes took place over 4 days, 9 April 1782 – 12 April 1782, during the American War of Independence, and was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse forcing the French and Spanish to abandon a planned...
, 9–12 April: The 74-gun ship was capturedby the Royal Navy - : Battle of the Saintes, 9–12 April: The was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 50-gun fourth rate was captured on 21 January by the French Navy's .
- : The was captured by the French Navy
- : The frigate was captured on 9 September by the French Navy's .
- : Battle of the Mona PassageBattle of the Mona PassageThe Battle of the Mona Passage was a naval engagement on 19 April 1782 between a British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, and a small French fleet. It took place in the Mona Passage, a strait separating Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, shortly after the British victory at the Battle of the...
, 19 April: The 64-gun ship was captured on 19 April by the Royal Navy. - : The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The was captured on 21 April by the Royal Navy's .
- : Great Siege of GibraltarGreat Siege of GibraltarThe Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the American War of Independence. This was the largest action fought during the war in terms of numbers, particularly the Grand Assault of 18 September 1782...
, 24 June 1779 – 7 February 1783: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : Action of 6 December 1782Action of 6 December 1782The Action of 6 December 1782 was a single-ship action fought between HMS Ruby and the French ship Solitaire off the coast of Martinique. The Ruby easily defeated the Solitaire.-Battle:...
: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy's . - : The 90-gun first rate was captured in April by the Royal Navy.
1783
- : The was captured on 15 February by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 28-gun sixth rate was captured on 12 January by the French Navy.
1788
- : The 62-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- : Battle of HoglandBattle of HoglandThe naval Battle of Hogland took place on 17 July 1788 during the Russo-Swedish War .-Origins:On the outbreak of war with Russia in 1788, Sweden planned to attack the Russian capital St. Petersburg...
, 17 July: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy. - : Battle of Hogland, 17 July: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Swedish Navy.
- A 64-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy and commissioned as .
1789
- ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The sloop was captured in March by the Spanish Navy.
1790
- (: Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 60-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- : Battle of TendraBattle of TendraThe naval Battle of Tendra, fought on 8 and 9 September 1790 in the Black Sea as part of the Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792, was a victory for Russian Empire over the Ottoman Empire....
, 8–9 September: The 78-gun ship was capturd by the Imperial Russian Navy. - : Battle of RevalBattle of RevalThe naval Battle of Reval or took place on 13 May 1790 during the Russo-Swedish War , off the port of Reval .-Origins:...
, 13 May: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy. - : Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 66-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- (: Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 66-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- (: Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
- (: Battle of Vyborg Bay, 4 July: The 54-gun ship was captured by the Imperial Russian Navy.
1793
- ( Kingdom of Great Britain): The East India Company'sEast India CompanyThe East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
merchant ship was captured in May by a French privateer. - : Siege of ToulonSiege of ToulonThe Siege of Toulon was an early Republican victory over a Royalist rebellion in the Southern French city of Toulon. It is also often known as the Fall of Toulon.-Context:...
18 September – 18 December: The was seized by the Royal Navy as a prize of war. - : Siege of Toulon: The 74-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The brig was captured on 28 August by the Royal Navy.
- : The brig was burnt and scuttled on 18 December. She was salvaged by the French Navy on 28 December.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Action of 18 June 1793Action of 18 June 1793The Action of 18 June 1793 was the first decisive and one of the most celebrated encounters between British and French frigates during the French Revolutionary Wars. The action occurred off Start Point in Devon, when the British frigate HMS Nymphe encountered and chased the French frigate Cléopâtre...
: The was captured by the Royal Navy's . - : Siege of Toulon: The was seized on 29 August by the Royal Navy as a prize of warPrize of warA prize of war is a piece of military property seized by the victorious party after a war or battle, typically at sea. This term was used nearly exclusively in terms of a captured ship during the 18th and 19th centuries....
. - : The was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The 74-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The 16-gun brig-sloop was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: The 74-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: The 64-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The 64-gun ship was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: The 74-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The was captured on 11 October by the Spanish Navy's and the Royal Navy's .
- : Siege of Toulon: The 80-gun ship was seized on 29 August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The 80-gun ship was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: The 80-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : Siege of Toulon: The 74-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The 74-gun ship was burnt in December at Toulon. She was later salvaged and repaired by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: The was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The on 17 October by the Royal Navy's .
- : Siege of Toulon: The was seized on 20 August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : Siege of Toulon: The was surrendered on 29 August to the Royal Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: The was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : Siege of Toulon: The 74-gun ship was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : Siege of Toulon: was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was seized in August by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : The was captured in December by the French Navy.
- : The was captured on 25 October by the French Navy's .
1794
- : Glorious First of JuneGlorious First of JuneThe Glorious First of June [Note A] of 1794 was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars...
: The was captured by the Royal Navy. - (
Sardinian Navy): The was captured on 10 June by the French Navy's . - : Action of 6 November 1794: The 74-gun third rate was captured by the French Navy's .
- : Glorious First of June: The was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : Action of 23 April 1794Action of 23 April 1794The Action of 23 April 1794 took place between a British squadron of five frigates under the command of Sir John Borlase Warren and three frigates and a corvette under the command of Chef d'escadre F. Desgarceaux during the French Revolutionary Wars. Three of the French ships were captured.-The...
: The corvette was captured by the Royal Navy's and . - : Glorious First of June: The 80-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy
- : Action of 5 May 1794: The frigate was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : Action of 23 April 1794: The was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 15-gun brig-sloop was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : Glorious First of June: The was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : Glorious First of June: The 80-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- (: The 32-gun frigate was captured on 10 August by the Royal Navy.
- (: The 38-gun frigate was scuttled by the French at Saint-FlorentSaint-Florent, Haute-CorseSaint-Florent is a commune in Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It is a fishing port located on the gulf of the same name....
, CorsicaCorsicaCorsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
on 18 February. She was salvaged by the Royal Navy the next day and taken into service as HMS St Fiorenzo. - : The was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Action of 23 April 1794: The 40-gun frigate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Glorious First of June: The was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : The was captured on 17 June by the Royal Navy's .
- : The was captured on 21 October by the Royal Navy's .
- : The was captured on 9 June by the French Navy.
- : The brig was captured on 12 January by the Royal Navy's
1795
- : Battle of GroixBattle of GroixThe Second Battle of Groix was a naval engagement that took place on 23 June 1795 during the French Revolutionary War off the west coast of France....
, 23 June: The 74-gun third rate was captured by the Royal Navy's and . - : The was captured on 7 March by the French Navy's , and .
- : The 10-gun brig was captured on 10 October by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 14-gun brig-sloop was seized by the Royal Navy as a prize of war.
- : Battle of Groix, 23 June: The was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Action of 7 October 1795Action of 7 October 1795The Action of 7 October 1795 was a naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars during which a French squadron led by Rear-Admiral Joseph de Richery captured a large British convoy of thirty-one merchant vessels...
: The was captured by the French Navy. - : Naval Battle of GenoaNaval Battle of Genoa (1795)The Naval Battle of Genoa was fought on 14 March 1795 off the coast of Genoa, a port city in north-western Italy, between French warships under Rear-Admiral Pierre Martin and British and Neapolitan warships under Vice Admiral William Hotham...
, 14 August: The 80-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy's . - : Naval Battle of Genoa, 14 August: The was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The was captured in October by the French Navy.
- : The was captured on 14 February by the Spanish Navy.
- : The 40-gun frigate was captured on 23 June by the Royal Navy's and .
- : The 64-gun ship was captured on 22 October by the Royal Navy.
- : The 38-gun fifth rate frigate was captured on 4 January by the Royal Navy's .
- : The was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : Battle of Groix, 23 June: The was captured by the Royal Navy's .
1796
- : Battle of Saldahna Bay, 17 August: The 54-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Saldahna Bay, 17 August: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy,.
- : Battle of Saldahna Bay, 17 August: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The was captured on 20 April by the Royal Navy's .
- : The was captured on 13 June by the Royal Navy's .
- : The was captured on 8 June by the Royal Navy's .
- : Battle of Saldahna Bay, 17 August: The 54-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- UnitéFrench frigate Gracieuse (1788)The Gracieuse was a 32-gun Charmante class frigate of the French Navy. Renamed to Unité, she took part in the French Revolutionary Wars...
: The was captured on 11 April by the Royal Navy's . - : The 64-gun ship was captured on 19 January by the Royal Navy.
1797
- (
Early Modern France): The chasse-maréeChasse-maréeIn English, a chasse-marée is a specific, archaic type of decked commercial sailing vessel.In French, un chasse-marée was 'a wholesale fishmonger', originally on the Channel coast of France and later, on the Atlantic coast as well. He bought in the coastal ports and sold in inland markets. However,...
was captured on 25 July by (
Kingdom of Great Britain). - : Battle of CamperdownBattle of CamperdownThe Battle of Camperdown was a major naval action fought on 11 October 1797 between a Royal Navy fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan and a Dutch Navy fleet under Vice-Admiral Jan de Winter...
11 October: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : Battle of Camperdown, 11 October: The 54-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 16-gun brig-sloop was captured on 10 January by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 70-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 66-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
- : Battle of Camperdown, 11 October: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The ship was captured by the French Navy.
- : Battle of Camperdown, 11 October: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 32-gun fifth rate was taken over by mutineers on 22 September and handed to the Spanish Navy five days later.
- : The 70-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
- : The 70-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
- : Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February: The 114-gun first rate was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February: The 80-gun third rate was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- ( Early Modern France): The 6-gun privateer schooner was captured on 2 April by the Royal Navy's .
- : Battle of Camperdown, 11 October: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 70-gun ship was captured by the French Navy.
- : Battle of Camperdown, 11 October: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- NereideFrench frigate Néréide (1779)The Néréide was a Sybille class 32-gun, copper-hulled, frigate of the French Navy. On 22 December 1797 HMS Phoebe captured her and she was taken into British service as HMS Nereide. The French recaptured her at the Battle of Grand Port, only to lose her again when the British took Île de France in...
A Sybille class 36-gunSibylle class frigateThe Sibylle class was a type of five 32-gun frigates designed by Sané.* DianeThe Sibylle class was a type of five 32-gun frigates designed by Sané.* Diane...
, copper-hulled, frigate of the French NavyFrench NavyThe French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
. Captured 22 December 1797 by HMS PhoebeHMS Phoebe (1795)HMS Phoebe was a 36-gun fifth rate of the British Royal Navy. She had a career of almost twenty years and fought in the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812...
.
1798
- : Action of 14 December 1798Action of 14 December 1798The Action of 14 December 1798 was a naval skirmish between the 32-gun British frigate, HMS Ambuscade, and the French 24-gun corvette Bayonnaise...
: The 32-gun fifth-rate was captured by the French Navy's . - : Battle of the NileBattle of the NileThe Battle of the Nile was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1–3 August 1798...
, 1–3 August: was captured by the Royal Navy. - BraveHMS Arab (1798)HMS Arab was a 22-gun post ship of the Royal Navy. She was formerly the 18-gun French privateer Brave, which the British captured in 1798. She served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars until she was sold in 1810....
( Early Modern France): The privateer was captured on 24 April by the Royal Navy's . - :Battle of the Nile, 1–3 August: The was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 8-gun schooner was captured on 16 October by the French privateer Enfant ProdigueHMS Saint Lucia (1803)HMS Saint Lucia was a brig-sloop, the former French privateer schooner Enfant Prodigue, which the British captured in 1803 and took into service with the Royal Navy...
. - : The ran aground at VlielandVlielandVlieland is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. The municipality of Vlieland has only one major town: Oost-Vlieland . It is the second-least densely populated municipality in the Netherlands ....
, Netherlands and was seized by the Dutch as a prize of war. - : The 36-gun fifth rate was captured on 24 August by the Royal Navy.
- : The 10-gun cutter was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 18-gun sloop was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of the Nile, 1–3 August: The was captured by the Royal Navy.
- ( Early Modern France): The privateer was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- : Battle of the Nile, 1–3 August: The was captured by the Royal Navy and was burnt as she was too severely damaged to be of use.
- : The was captured on 21 April by the Royal Navy's .
- : Battle of Tory IslandBattle of Tory IslandThe Battle of Tory Island, was a naval action of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought on 12 October 1798 between French and British squadrons off the northwest coast of Donegal, then in the Kingdom of Ireland...
, 12 October: The was captured by the Royal Navy. - : Battle of Tory Island, 12 October: The was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- CroyableUSS Retaliation (1798)The first USS Retaliation was a French privateer captured and then served in the United States Navy during Quasi-War with France.-Service history:...
: A FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
privateerPrivateerA privateer is a private person or ship authorized by a government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping during wartime. Privateering was a way of mobilizing armed ships and sailors without having to spend public money or commit naval officers...
captured by Stephen DecaturStephen DecaturStephen Decatur, Jr. , was an American naval officer notable for his many naval victories in the early 19th century. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland, Worcester county, the son of a U.S. Naval Officer who served during the American Revolution. Shortly after attending college Decatur...
commander of , off Great Egg Harbor, New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, 7 July 1798. - : Action of 18 August 1798Action of 18 August 1798The Action of 18 August 1798 was a minor naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought between the British fourth rate ship HMS Leander and the French ship of the line Généreux...
: The was captured by the Frency Navy's . - L'Invincible General Bonaparte ( Early Modern France): The 20-gun privateer was captured on 9 December by the Royal Navy's .
- : The 44-gun frigate was captured on 18 October by the Royal Navy's and .
- : Battle of the Nile, 1–3 August: The was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Tory Island, 12 October: The was captured by the Royal Navy's .
- (
Sovereign Military Order of Malta): The 64-gun third rate was captured on 11 June by the French Navy. - : Action of 15 July 1798Action of 15 July 1798The Action of 15 July 1798 was a minor naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought off the Spanish Mediterranean coast by the Royal Navy ship of the line HMS Lion under Captain Manley Dixon and a squadron of four Spanish Navy frigates under Commodore Don Felix O'Neil...
: The frigate was captured by the Royal Navy's . - ( Knights of Malta): Mediterranean campaign of 1798Mediterranean campaign of 1798The Mediterranean campaign of 1798 was a series of major naval operations surrounding a French expeditionary force sent to Egypt under Napoleon Bonaparte during the French Revolutionary Wars. The French Republic sought to capture Egypt as the first stage in an effort to threaten British India, and...
: The 64-gun ship was surrendered on 11 June to the French Navy. - : The was captured on 30 June by the Royal Navy's and .
- : Battle of the Nile, 1–3 August: The was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of the Nile, 1–3 August: The was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : The 20-gun corvette was captured on 7 August by the Royal Navy's .
1799
- : The was captured on 18 June by the Royal Navy's .
- : The brig was captured on 17 June by the Royal Navy's .
- AnacréonHMS Anacreon (1799)HMS Anacreon was a French privateer that the Royal Navy captured in 1799 and took into service. She had a brief career in which she took some minor prizes and engaged two enemy vessels in an inconclusive action before she was sold in December 1802....
( Early Modern France): The privateer brig was captured on 26 June by the Royal Navy's . - : The was captured on 10 October by the Royal Navy's .
- : Vlieter IncidentVlieter IncidentThe Vlieter incident was the surrender without a fight of a squadron of the navy of the Batavian Republic, commanded by Rear-Admiral Samuel Story, during the Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland to the British navy on a sandbank near the Channel known as De Vlieter, near Wieringen, on August 30,...
, 30 August: The 54-gun ship was - : Vlieter Incident 30 August: The 54-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Vlieter Incident 30 August: The 54-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Vlieter Incident 30 August: The 64-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
- ex- : The 16-gun brig-sloop was captured by the Royal Navy's and .
- : The 18-gun sloop was captured by the French Navy.
- : The was captured on 3 March by TurkoTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
-RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n forces at CorfuCorfuCorfu is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the edge of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered as a single municipality. The...
and returned to the Royal Navy. - : Vlieter Incident, 30 August: The 64-gun floating batteryFloating batteryA floating battery is a kind of armed watercraft, often improvised or experimental, which carries a heavy armament but has few other qualities as a warship.An early appearance was during the Great Siege of Gibraltar....
was captured by the Royal Navy. - : The 32-gun fifth rate was captured on 25 October by the Royal Navy's .
- VengeurHMS Charlotte (1798)HMS Charlotte was a mercantile schooner purchased by the Royal Navy in 1797 and commissioned in 1798. In her brief military career in the Caribbean she captured two small enemy privateers before she herself fell prey to a French privateer...
( Early Modern France): The privateer was captured on 24 November by the Royal Navy's . - : Vlieter Incident, 30 August: The 70-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy.
1800
- : The 12-gun brig was captured on4 June by the Royal Navy's and .
- : The 14-gun brig was captured on 22 November by her crew in a mutiny and surrendered the next day to the Spanish Navy.
- : Siege of Malta (1798–1800)Siege of Malta (1798–1800)The Siege of Malta was a two-year siege and blockade of the French garrison in Valletta, the largest city and main port on the Mediterranean island of Malta between 1798 and 1800. Valletta had been captured by a French expeditionary force during the Mediterranean campaign of 1798, and garrisoned...
: The 64-gun third rate was seized by the Royal Navy as a prize of war. - : Siege of Malta (1798–1800): The 64-gun ship was seized by the Royal Navy on 4 September as a prize of war.
- : The 20-gun corvette was captured on 14 March in a mutiny by her crew and was handed over to the French Navy the next day.
- : The cutter was captured on 2 June by the French privateer .
- : The cutter was captured in September by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of the Malta ConvoyBattle of the Malta Convoy (1800)The Battle of the Malta Convoy was a naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars fought on 18 February 1800 during the Siege of Malta. The French garrison at the city of Valletta in Malta had been under siege for eighteen months, blockaded on the landward side by a combined force of British,...
, 18 February: The was captured by the Royal Navy. - ( Early Modern France): The privateer brig was captured on 29 August by the Royal Navy.
- : Action of 31 March 1800Action of 31 March 1800The Action of 31 March 1800 was a naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars fought between a Royal Navy squadron and a French Navy ship of the line off Malta in the Mediterranean Sea...
: The was captured by the Royal Navy - : The36-gun fifth rate was captured by the Royal Navy.
- : Battle of Algeciras BayBattle of Algeciras BayThe Battle of Algeciras Bay refers to two separate battles in July 1801 between an allied French-Spanish fleet and the British near Gibraltar. In the first battle, the French drove off an attack by the larger British fleet and captured one ship of the line...
, 6–12 July: The 74-gun ship was captured by the Royal Navy. - : The 20-gun corvette was captured on 22 October by the Royal Navy's .
Unknown date
- : American War of Independence, 1775-83: The privateer was captured by the British.
See also
- List of ships captured before 1601
- List of ships captured in the 17th century
- List of ships captured in the 19th century
- List of ships captured in the 20th century
- List of ships captured in the 21st century