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Tribune, 1796
Type: 5th rate ; Armament 36
Taken : 1796 ; Disposal date or year : 16 Nov 1797 Wrecked off Halifax, Nova Scotia : crew, except seven, perished : Captain Scory Barker.
BM: 916 tons
Notes:

8 Jun 1796 in the approaches to the English Channel the re-capture of the French frigate Tamise (late British Thames), by the frigate Santa-Margarita, Captain Thomas Williams, and the capture of the French frigate Tribune by the Unicorn, following chase. The Tamise was taken back into the RN under her original name and the Tribune under her present name.

16 Nov 1797 loss of the frigate Tribune off Halifax, Nova-Scotia : struck on a rock and sank near the southward entrance to Herring cove.