HMS Boston was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1762. She served during the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary War, and was broken up in 1811. On 16 April 1797, Boston was north north east of Cape Finisterre when after a six-hour chase she captured the French privateer Enfant de la Patrie, of 16 guns and 130 men. Enfant de la Patrie was eight days out of Bordeaux but had not taken anything. The captain of the privateer was drunk, and so decided to resist, firing his guns, small arms, and running his vessel into Boston. His rashness resulted in five of his crew being killed, ten wounded, and he himself drowning. Citations References Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. . David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. . External links Fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy 1762 ships Ships built on the River Thames