HMS Diana (1794)

HMS Diana was a 38-gun Artois-class fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1794.

Sometime in late January or February, 1800 she recaptured American schooner "Sally and Mary" that had been captured by a French privateer, she was sent in to St. Kitts. Because Diana served in the Royal Navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants.

Diana participated in an attack on a French frigate squadron anchored at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue at the action of 15 November 1810, which ultimately led to the destruction of the FRENCH FRIGATE Elisa. (Boats from Diana went in and set fire to the beached Eliza despite heavy fire from shore batteries and three nearby armed brigs; the British suffered no casualties. )

In January or February 1812, the French captured Patent, Gillespie, master. Diana recaptured Patent on 4 February. Patent arrived at Plymouth on 6 February.

Fate
On 7 March 1815, Diana was sold to the Dutch navy for £36,796. On 27 August 1816, she was one of six Dutch frigates that participated in the bombardment of Algiers. Diana was destroyed in a fire on 16 January 1839 while in dry-dock at Willemsoord, Den Helder.