The First Two HMS Psyches

From Wikipedia.

The HMS Psyche I've been writing about was the third British warship to bear that name.


THE FIRST  HMS PSYCHE

Was a 36-gun fifth rate frigate captured from the French in 1805 and sold in 1812.

It was originally a French privateer which got into a fight with the HMS Wilhelmina under the command of Commander Henry Lambert off the coast of India in April 1804.  It escaped and later brought into French naval service in June 1804.

In February 1805, it was captured by the HMS San Fiorenzo.  Of interest, this ship was under Captain Henry Lambert, the same British officer who had fought it while it was a privateer.  It was the  taken into British service and renamed the HMS Psyche and captured several prizes and participated in the capture of Mauritius.  It was broken up in 1812.

(Either sold or broken up.)


THE SECOND HMS PSYCHE

Was to be a 32-gun, fifth rate frigate.  Her frames were constructed in England and sent to Canada but never assembled.  Its parts were ordered sold in 1814, though some may have been incorporated in the third HMS Psyche.

--Brock-Perry