Tigre

Captured

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	74 guns
Wars	French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

Service

1793–1795	Tigre	France
from 1795	Tigre Captured at Groix	Britain

74-gun ship, at Groix, where she was taken. As HMS Tigre she was Sir Sidney Smith's flagship at the defence of Acre in 1799. Under Benjamin Hallowell she chased Baudin's squadron ashore near Maguelone in 1809, and her boats led the attack on the convoy in Rosas Bay.

Constantinople. North view, taken from the Artillery Quay (called Tophana) with H.B.M's ships Le Tigre and La Bonne Citoyenne under the command of Sir Sidney Smith, 1799 (PAH9210) Photo: Joseph Jeakes / After John Thomas Serres, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns
Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns
Fc and QD: 16 × 8-pounder long guns + 4 × 36-pounder carronades

Armour

Timber

Builder	Brest
Laid down	1790
Launched	8 May 1793
Displacement	3,069 tonneaux
Length	55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

8 May 1793

Battle of Groix

Captured

23 June 1795 · French Revolutionary Wars

Joined the Royal Navy

1795 · Captured at Groix

Siege of Acre

Survived

20 March – 21 May 1799 · French Revolutionary Wars

Commodore Sir Sidney Smith

Battle of Maguelone

Survived

23 October – 1 November 1809 · Napoleonic Wars

Benjamin Hallowell; led the boats at Rosas

Fate

Captured

Broken up, June 1817