- HMS Seine
Three ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Seine" after theRiver Seine which runs throughParis andNormandy in France. All three ships named "Seine" were frigates captured from theFrench Navy during the French Revolutionary andNapoleonic Wars .# HMS "Seine" was a
fifth rate frigate , originally named "Seine", captured from the French in 1798 and wrecked in 1803.
# HMS "Seine" was afifth rate frigate , originally named "Embuscade", captured from the French in 1798, named HMS "Ambuscade" and added to the Royal Navy, renamed HMS "Seine" in 1803, and broken up in 1813.
# HMS "Seine" was afifth rate frigate , originally named "Cérès", captured from the French in 1814 and sold in 1823.
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