HMS Alceste (1806)
HMS Alceste was built in 1804 for the French Navy as Minerve. In 1806 she engaged HMS Pallas, then under Lord Cochrane. During the duel she ran aground but Cochrane had to abort his attack when French reinforcements appeared. The British captured her in an action on 25 September 1806, and the Royal Navy took her into service in March...
