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HMS Terpsichore (1785)
HMS ''Terpsichore'' was a 32-gun ''Amazon''-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built during the last years of the American War of Independence, but did not see action until the French Revolutionary Wars. She served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, in a career that spanned forty-five years.
''Terpsichore'' was launched in 1785, but was not prepared for active service until the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793. She was initially sent to serve in the West Indies where in 1794 Captain Richard Bowen took command. Bowen commanded ''Terpsichore'' until his death in 1797, and several of her most memorable exploits occurred during his captaincy. ''Terpsichore'' served mostly in the Mediterranean, capturing three frigates, and in 1797 went as far as to attack the damaged Spanish first rate ''Santísima Trinidad'', as she limped away from the Battle of Cape St Vincent. The ''Santísima Trinidad'' mounted 136 guns to ''Terpsichore''s 32, and was the largest warship in the world at time. ''Terpsichore'' inflicted several casualties, before abandoning the attack. ''Terpsichore'' passed through several commanders after Bowen's death at Tenerife, and went out to the East Indies, where her last commander was Captain William Augustus Montagu. Montagu fought an action with a large French frigate in 1808, and though he was able to outfight her, he was not able to capture her. ''Terpsichore'' returned to Britain the following year, and spent the last years of the war laid up in ordinary. She survived in this state until 1830, when she was broken up.
==Construction and commissioning==
''Terpsichore'' was ordered from James Betts, of Mistleythorn on 29 July 1782 and laid down there in November that year.〔 She was launched on 29 July 1785 and completed between 31 January and November 1786, at a cost of £8,295.18.3d, with a further £104.15.2d spent on her boats, plus £4,025 for fitting out and coppering. The war with America was over by the time she was ready for service, and with no immediate use for her with the draw-down of the navy, ''Terpsichore'' was placed in ordinary at Chatham.〔
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