HMS Quebec ( 1781 ) HMS " Quebec " was a 32 - gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1781 and broken up in 1816 . She sailed under various captains , participating in the American War of Independence , the French Revolutionary Wars , and the Napoleonic Wars . During these wars she captured many enemy merchantmen and smaller privateers in northern or Caribbean waters . She was built by George Parsons at Bursledon , Hampshire . Throughout 1782 , Christopher Mason commanding , HMS " Quebec " operated in North American waters in the final year of the War of American Independence . On 22 February that year she captured the schooner " Betsy " , and in April two ships laden with flour , oil , bale goods , salt and wine . On 20 December she was involved when and captured the American frigate " South Carolina " , for which she shared in prize money awarded eighteen months later . Admiral John MacBride became commander - in - chief on the Downs station , commanding a frigate squadron with his flag in , later transferring his flag to " Quebec " . He took possession of Ostend after the French retreat in early 1793 , and in October transported reinforcements under General Sir Charles Grey to assist in the defence of Dunkirk . French Revolutionary Wars . In late October 1793 much needed reinforcements and artillery supplies were landed by " Quebec " at Nieuport , which was then being besieged by French forces , a relief force from Ostend arrived , and the French withdrew . From March 1794 a taskforce under Vice - Admiral Sir John Jervis , with land forces under General Sir Charles Grey , operated against French possessions in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean . " Quebec " was an active participant , supplying some of the assault forces at Martinique ( late March ) where she lost one man killed . St Lucia fell on 4 April , whereupon " Quebec " ( under Captain Rogers ) , " Blanche " , " Ceres " and " Rose " were ordered to seize the smaller islands , the Saints , which they did without loss on 5 April . Parts of Guadeloupe fell to the British on 23 April 1794 with " Quebec " playing her part , and many enemy ships were captured as they attempted to leave the anchorage . Details of prize monies awarded for the capture of engineering and ordnance stores on Martinique , St Lucia and Guadeloupe named " Quebec " and thirty other warships , plus six gunboats . On 12 August 1794 a French ship , " Adelle " , was captured , for which prize money was awarded a year later . Actions against Grenada the following year did not go so well . Rogers reported on 9 April 1795 persistent heavy rain had caused delays in the military operations on Grenada . Seemingly in desperation , an assault was made on the last stronghold of the French in the mountains , but the French repulsed the attack , causing heavy British casualties . In 1796 , " Quebec " – now under the command of Captain John Cooke - was in home waters , reporting from Spithead the capture of a French national cutter " Aspic " , off the Scilly Isles . " Aspic " had a crew of 57 men and carried 10 guns . , " Quebec " was soon back in the Caribbean on the Jamaica station . On 3 December 1796 she captured the French corvette " ’ Affricaine " , of 18 guns , near St Domingo . On 18 April Vice - Admiral Sir Hyde Parker , who commanded the Jamaica station , ordered Captain Hugh Pigot to take his frigate , as well as the frigates " Quebec " and , the brig and the Hired armed cutter " Penelope " to cut out 14 vessels at the Battle of Jean - Rabel , Haiti . The squadron rendezvoused the next day and then the boats went in on the night of the 20th . They succeeded in bringing out nine merchant vessels that French privateers had taken as prizes . In the same series of operations the 74 - gun ships and destroyed the escorting French frigate , " Harmonie " . While he commanded at Jamaica , Hyde Parker sent regular reports of warships and merchant vessels captured or destroyed by the ships under his command . At various times from October 1799 to February 1800 , " Quebec " seized American , French or Danish merchant ships bound for ports in the Americas or Caribbean with cargoes as diverse as cocoa , lumber , wine , soap & sundries , flour , sugar , cotton , honey and hides . A Spanish vessel , " Nostra Senora del Carmen " “ laden with fustie and brazil ” was captured in March or April . Between May and August 1800 , " Quebec " took captive an armed rowing boat with a crew of 19 men , a small schooner ( name unknown ) and six small merchant vessels cut out at different times . When the Treaty of Amiens brought what would turn out to be a temporary peace , the Admiralty took " Quebec " out of commission . She did not return to active service until 1805 . On 28 May 1806 " Quebec " and were in company and shared in the capture of the " Frau Geziner " . Napoleonic Wars . In April 1807 the vessel " Providentia " fell to " Quebec " , and between 16 August and 2 September 1807 , nineteen Danish merchant ships were taken by " Quebec " and her consorts . Quebec ’ s station during this time was in the Downs and North Sea . On 22 March , while Danish harbours were still largely frozen in , " Quebec " was operating in the Great Belt and Kattegat as the British navy gathered . The last operating Danish ship - of - the - line was under orders to clear the Great Belt of enemy ( British ) warships but was closely watched that morning by " Quebec " , with the sloop in company . In the early afternoon joined them in Sejerø Bay , followed two hours later by the British ships - of - the - line " Nassau " and . " Quebec " and the two sloops observed the ensuing battle without putting themselves in harm ' s way . A few days later off Nyborg , a late winter storm dismasted " Quebec " . " Falcon " then helped her to erect a new mast and rigging . In 1810 , " Quebec " stationed in the North Sea primarily off the Frisian Islands of Texel and Vlie to help enforce the naval blockade of that coast . In March she retook the " Susannah Margaretta " , and boats from the hired armed cutters " Idas " and " King George " , under " Quebec " ’ s command , captured a French privateer schyut of four guns , while subject to heavy small arms fire . On 21 March " Quebec " captured another French privateer , the lugger " Imperatrice " of 14 guns and 42 men off the Dogger Bank . On 23 May , when " Desiree " captured the " Financier " , " Quebec " ( under Charles Hawtayne ) and were in company and shared the prize money . Also on 23 May , " Quebec " captured the " James Cook " . Six days later a cutting out expedition at Vlie with boats from " Desireee " , " Quebec " , and ) yielded a French lugger ( 12 ) , a French privateer ( 4 ) , a Dutch gunboat and a small rowboat . The British had no casualties ; the French lost one man killed and three wounded . On the last day of May , " Quebec " took three more ships : " St Jean Baptiste , Comtessa " , and " Forben " . One more ship was taken on 17 September ( " Bienenstock " ) and two ships were recaptured during October 1810 ( " Jonge Edward " and " Perle " ) . On 8 November " Quebec " cut out a " fine French privateer schooner , " La Jeune Louise " ( 14 ) " from the Vlie Stroom , an area of difficult and shallow navigation . The year finished with the capture on 2 December of the French privateer cutter " Renard " , of six guns . " Quebec " shared the prize money with . " Quebec " was still under the command of Captain Hawtayne and on the same station when she recaptured the " Aquator " on 26 May . In August 1811 in company with 5 lesser warships , " Quebec " captured a " Vaisseau de Guerre " of the Imperial Customs Service , later named as a privateer " Christine Charlotte " , with her crew of one officer and twelve men , as she was leaving Nordeney ( East Frisian Islands ) with a merchant vessel in tow . Boats from " Quebec " and her consorts then attacked and after a hard fight captured four French gunboats ( numbers 22 , 28 , 31 , 71 ) in the harbour at Nordeney . Two months later , on 30 October , " Quebec " was off the Flemish Banks when she captured the privateer " Olympia " , of ten 18 - pounder guns and 78 men , after a long chase . This was the former schooner . Fate . At the end of the Napoleonic Wars , the Royal Navy laid up many of its ships , " Quebec " among them . She was advertised for sale in April 1816 for breaking up within twelve months . " Lying at Sheerness , " Quebec " of 32 guns and 700 tons " .