French frigate Gloire (1803)
Introduction '''''Gloire''''' was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.She took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805.On 18 July, she captured and burnt a Prussian cutter to maintain the secrecy of the movements of the fleet, in spite of the neutrality of Prussia at the time. The next day, along with , she captured  and burnt her.In the action of 25 September 1806, , ''Gloire'',  and  were captured by a four-ship squadron under Samuel Hood.She was brought into British service as HMS '''''Gloire''''' and broken up in 1812.
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