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Spanish brig Infante (1787)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Salamine, French ship Liberté, French ship Infante, and HMS Salamine.

History
Spain
NameInfante[1]
BuilderCadiz[1]
Launched1787[1]
CapturedBy the French Navy in December 1793[1]
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameInfante
BuilderCadiz[1]
RenamedLiberté (January 1794); Infante (May 1795); Salamine (10 May 1798)
CapturedJune 1799
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Salamine
AcquiredBy capture June 1799
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasp "Egypt"[2]
FateSold 1802
General characteristics [1][3]
Type18-gun brig
Displacement350 tons[4]
Tons burthen240 (bm)
Length
  • 93 ft 6 in (28.50 m) (overall);
  • 79 ft 0 in (24.08 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft 8 in (8.74 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 0 in (3.05 m)
ComplementOriginally: 95–112[4]

At capture: 120[5]

British service: 86 in British service
Armament18 × 6-pounder guns

Salamine was originally the Spanish Navy's Infante 18-gun brig, built in 1787 at Cadiz. The French Navy captured her at Toulon in December 1793 and recommissioned her; they renamed her on 10 May 1798 as Salamine, for the battle of Salamis. On 18 June 1799, HMS Emerald captured her and she was brought into Royal Navy service as HMS Salamine. She served briefly in the Mediterranean, where she captured two French privateers and several merchant vessels before the Royal Navy sold her at Malta in 1802, after the Treaty of Amiens ended the war with France.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Roche, p.402
  2. ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
  3. ^ Winfield (2008), p.286.
  4. ^ a b Winfield and Roberts (2015), p. 212.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference LG15162 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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