HMS Baleine

(Not to be confused with HMCS Baleine.) HMS Baleine was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had previously been the French East Indiaman Baleine, built at Lorient to a design by Antoine Groignard and launched on 24 May 1757. She was cut out of Pondicherry during the Third Carnatic War by the boats of HMS Southsea Castle, part of Admiral Charles Stevens' squadron. Stevens purchased her for service with the Royal Navy the following month.

HMS Baleine

(Not to be confused with HMCS Baleine.) HMS Baleine was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had previously been the French East Indiaman Baleine, built at Lorient to a design by Antoine Groignard and launched on 24 May 1757. She was cut out of Pondicherry during the Third Carnatic War by the boats of HMS Southsea Castle, part of Admiral Charles Stevens' squadron. Stevens purchased her for service with the Royal Navy the following month.