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St. Santa or San Fiorenzo, 1794
Type: 5th rate ; Armament 38 (18-pounder)
Taken : 19 Feb 1794 ;
Disposal date or year : 1837
BM: 1032 tons
Complement: 253
Notes:
19 Feb 1794 Late Minerve, raised, having been sunk at San Fiorenzo by the French and was taken into the service as the San Fiorenzo.
9 Mar 1797 San Fiorenzo and Nymphe capture the French frigate Résistance and corvette Constance.
3 Jun 1797 captured the French privateer Unité.
1 Jul 1797 captured the French privateer Castor sixty leagues west of Scilly.
29-30 Jun 1798 the frigates Jason, Mermaid, and Pique capture the French 40-gun frigate Seine for the loss of the latter, bilged on a sandbank and burnt. The timely arrival of the frigates Phaëton, San-Fiorenzo, Triton was sufficient to deter French frigates from Rochelle.
Dec 1798 St Fiorenzo and Triton captured the French privateer Rosée in the Channel.
Dec 1798 captured a Spanish privateer, name unknown, schooner, 6 guns, on the Channel station.
Dec. 1798 a French privateer, Name unknown, captured by a prize of the St Fiorenzo, under the command of a midshipman, with 7 men.
9 Apr 1799 frigates San-Fiorenzo and Amelia in an inconclusive action with the French frigates Cornélie, Vengeance, and Sémillante.
1 Jul 1799 off Basque road.
21 Jan 1800 a court martial was held on board the Gladiator, in Portsmouth harbour, on the Carpenter of the St. Fiorenzo for drunkenness and neglect of duty. The charges being proven he was dismissed his ship.
13-14 Feb 1805 capture of the French 32-gun frigate Psyché and privateer Equivoque. The Psyché was purchased into the service.
4 Mar 1808 sailed from Pointe de Galle, Ceylon, on her return to Bombay.
6-9 Mar 1808 following a long chase interrupted by two actions captured the French 40-gun frigate Piémontaise. On the 9th the masts of the Piémontaise fell over her side and in this state she was taken in tow by the San-Fiorenzo ; and on the 13th the two frigates anchored in the road of Columbo. The Piémontaise was afterwards purchased for the British navy, and classed among the large 38s.
Portsmouth 3 May 1811 Arrived with a convoy from Lisbon.
Portsmouth 5 May 1811 Arrived from Lisbon (26 Apr).
Portsmouth 10 Jun 1811 Sailed for Cork and thence to Portugal.
Lisbon circa 19 Aug 1811 Remains.
Portsmouth 21/22 Sep 1811 Arrived from Lisbon with a convoy, last from Cork.
Portsmouth 17 Nov 1811 Sailed for the Tagus.
Plymouth 30 Dec 1811 Arrived.
Deal 10 Jan 1812 Arrived from Portsmouth.
Jul 1830 Lazaretto (Hospital/Quarantine vessel) at Standgate Creek, R Medway).