French frigate Rhin (1802)

Quarantine guard ship Rhin, Margate Creek
History
France
Name	Rhin
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	June 1801
Launched	15 April 1802
Completed	October 1802
Captured	27 July 1806
United Kingdom
Name	Rhin
Acquired	27 July 1806
Commissioned	June 1809
Fate	Sold 26 May 1884
General characteristics
Class and type	Virginie-class frigate
Displacement	1400 tonnes
Tons burthen	1079 62⁄94 (bm)
Length	47.4 m (156 ft)
Beam	11.9 m (39 ft)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft)
Complement	French service: 318 British service: 284 (later 315)
Armament	French service: 40 guns (18-pounders on the main deck) British service: 46 guns including carronades Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 14 × 32-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades

Rhin was a 40-gun Virginie-class frigate of the French Navy launched in 1802. She was present at two major battles while in French service. The Royal Navy captured her in 1806. Thereafter Rhin served until 1815 capturing numerous vessels. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars she was laid up and then served as a hospital for many years. She was finally broken up in 1884.