Name HMS Diana Laid down March 1793 Construction started March 1793 | Ordered 28 March 1793 Completed 6 June 1794 Launched 3 March 1794 | |
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Out of service Sold to the Dutch Navy on 7 March 1815 Honours andawards Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt" | ||
HMS Diana was a 38-gun Artois-class fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1794.
Because Diana served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants.
Diana participated in an attack on a French frigate squadron anchored at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue at the Action of 15 November 1810, which ultimately led to the destruction of the Elisa. (Boats from Diana went in and set fire to the beached Eliza despite heavy fire from shore batteries and three nearby armed brigs; the British suffered no casualties.)
On 7 March 1815 Diana was sold to the Dutch navy for £36,796. On 27 August 1816 she was one of six Dutch frigates that participated in the bombardment of Algiers.
Fate
Diana was destroyed in a fire on 16 January 1839 while in dry-dock at Willemsoord, Den Helder.
