French frigate Volontaire (1796)
Introduction '''''Volontaire''''' was a 40-gun  frigate of the French Navy.On 20 November 1798, along with ''Insurgente'', ''Volontaire'', under Captain Laurent, captured the 14-gun corvette .She took part in the Atlantic campaign of 1806 and was captured by  on 4 March 1806.She sailed into Table Bay, unaware that the British had captured Cape Town. ''Diadem'', flying a Dutch flag, came alongside. When ''Diadem'' ran up the British flag, ''Volontaire'' surrendered.The Royal Navy took her into service as '''HMS ''Volontaire'''''. Captain Josceline Percy commissioned her and sailed her to St Helena. There he took charge of a convoy for England.The transports ''Anacreon'' and  sailed from the Cape of Good Hope on 11 March 1806 bound for France as cartels carrying ''Volontaire''s crew.On 21 March, ''Volontaire'' sailed as escort to 17 transports in a convoy to Great Britain carrying invalids and Dutch prisoners.In 1809, she took part in the Battle of Maguelone.
Fate ''Volontaire'' was broken up in February 1826.
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