HMS "Florentina", was the Spanish frigate "Santa Florentina", built in 1786 at Cartagena, Spain, she served in the Mediterranean until she returned to Britain in which year, after the Treaty of Amiens?
HMS Florentina (1800) HMS "Florentina" (or sometimes "Florentia" or "Florentine"), was the Spanish frigate "Santa Florentina", built in 1786 at Cartagena, Spain. The British Royal Navy captured her on 6 April 1800 and took her into service as HMS "Florentina". She served in the Mediterranean until she returned to Britain in 1802 after the Treaty of Amiens. There the Admiralty had her laid-up in ordinary. She was sold in December.
French brig Amarante (1793) The French brig "Amarante" (equally "Amaranthe"), was launched in 1793 at Honfleur for the French Navy. The British Royal Navy captured her at the end of 1796 and took her into service as HMS "Amaranthe". She captured one French vessel in a single-ship action before she was wrecked near Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1799.