British service French frigate Égyptienne (1799)

hms egyptienne in pursuit of spanish schooner in 1806

in november egyptienne captured several ships: paulina, french lugger edouard, maria antoinette, under command of j. heget, , french sloop esperance. paulina, egyptienne captured on 20 november, 12-gun spanish letter of marque, under command of don antonio acibal. chase took 9 hours, during paulina threw 8 of guns overboard. out of pasaia, spain on way cruise west indies.

on 24 december off rochefort, egyptienne, under lieutenant handfield, promotion still not confirmed, , captain frederick lewis maitland s hms loire captured 40-gun libre, capitaine de frégate deschorches commanding. libre armed twenty-four 18-pounders, 6 36-pounder carronades , ten 9-pounder guns. in fight, lasted half hour, french lost 20 men killed , wounded out of crew of 280 men. loire had no casualties egyptienne had 8 wounded, 1 mortally. libre badly damaged , had lost masts loire took in tow , reached plymouth on 4 january 1806. libre had sailed flushing on 14 november in company french 48-gun frigate 2 vessels had parted in gale on 9 november off coast of scotland.

captain charles paget replaced elphinstone in december. egyptienne s boats cut out privateer alcide muros on 8 march 1806 , under incessant ineffective fire 2 shore batteries. boats under command of phillips crosby handfield, first lieutenant, stayed egyptienne volunteer promotion commander had not been confirmed. alcide frigate-built , pierced 34 guns. 2 years old , when had last gone sea had had complement of 240 men.