HMS Carrere (1801)

The French frigate "Carrère" was one of two 18pdr-armed frigates which were building on the stocks in Venice in November 1796, when Bonaparte took Venice during the . The two frigates were completed in August 1797 under the names "La Carrère" and "La Muiron" by the orders of Pierre-Alexandre Forfait. They both served during the French invasion of Egypt in 1798, and were the ships used by Napoleon to return to France. [p.398, Thiers, Shoberl]

She was taken by the British HMS "Pomone" (48 guns) at the mouth of Elbe on 3 August 1801 [p.648, Urban] and added to the Royal Navy as HMS "Carrere", but rated at 36 guns, [p.138, James] with Frederick Lewis Maitland as her first captain, being sold on 1 September 1814.

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* Thiers, Adolphe, and Shoberl, Frederic (trans.), "The History of the French Revolution", D.Appleton publisher, 1866
* James, William, "The naval history of Great Britain, from declaration of war by France in February 1793, to the asseccion of George IV in January 1820", Harding, Lepard and Co., London, 1826
* Urban, Sylvanus, "The Gentleman's Magazine", Vol.XXXI January to June, Johm Bowyer Nichols and Sons., London, 1849