HMS Minerva (1759)

Minerva recaptures Warwick in 1761
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Minerva
Ordered	25 May 1756
Builder	John Quallet, Rotherhithe
Laid down	1 June 1756
Launched	17 January 1759
Completed	3 March 1759 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned	January 1759
Fate	Captured by France, 22 August 1778
France
Name	Minerve
Acquired	by capture, 22 August 1778
Fate	Recaptured by Great Britain, 4 January 1781
Great Britain
Name	HMS Recovery
Commissioned	January 1781
Decommissioned	1783
Fate	Sold to break up at Deptford, 30 December 1784
General characteristics
Class and type	Southampton-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	664 24⁄94 bm
Length	124 ft 4 in (37.90 m) (gundeck) 102 ft 2.25 in (31.1468 m) (keel)
Beam	34 ft 11.5 in (10.655 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	210 officers and men
Armament	32 guns comprising: Upperdeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Minerva was one of the four 32-gun Southampton-class fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1759 and served through the Seven Years' War, but was captured in 1778 during the American Revolutionary War and served as the French Minerve until being recaptured in 1781 and renamed HMS Recovery. She was broken up in 1784.