French frigate Hélène (1791)

History
France
Name	Hélène
Builder	Rochefort
Launched	May 1791
Captured	February 1793
Spain
Name	Sirena
Out of service	1807
Fate	Broken up (1807)
General characteristics
Displacement	620 tonnes
Length	134 ft (41 m)
Beam	34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	32 guns:; 26 × 12-pounder long guns; 6 × 6-pounder long guns; Several had 2 or 4 × 36-pounder obusiers added;

The Hélène was a 34-gun Charmante class frigate of the French Navy. In 1793 she was captured by the Spanish Navy whilst endeavouring to make her escape, and was renamed Sirena. She was broken up in 1807.

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