1799 October 9th. Sinking of HMS Lutine

HMS Lutine 

A Magicienne-class frigate
Career (France)
Name:	Lutine
Namesake:	Lutine is the feminine form of Lutin.
Ordered:	23 October 1778
Builder:	Toulon shipyard
Laid down:	March 1779
Launched:	11 September 1779
Commissioned:	November 1779
Captured:	August 1793
Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Lutine
Acquired:	August 1793
Fate:	Lost in storm, 9 October 1799
General characteristics
Class & type:	Magicienne-class frigate
Displacement:	600 tonnes 5 260 tonnes fully loaded
Length:	44.2 m (145 ft)
Beam:	11.2 m (37 ft)
Draught:	5.2 m (17 ft) (22 French feet)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Armament:	26 × 12-pdr long guns 6 × 6-pdr long guns

Lutine was a frigate which served in both the French Navy and the Royal Navy. She was launched by the French in 1779. The ship passed to British control in 1793 and was taken into service as HMS Lutine. She sank among the West Frisian Islands during a storm in 1799.

She was built as a French Magicienne-class frigate with 32 guns, and was launched at Toulonin 1779. During the French Revolution, Lutine came under French Royalist control. On 18 December 1793, she was one of sixteen ships handed over to a British fleet at the end of the Siege of Toulon, to prevent her being captured by the French Republicans. In 1795, she was rebuilt by the British as a fifth-rate-frigate with 38 guns. She served thereafter in the North Sea, where she was part of the blockade ofAmsterdam.

Lutine sank during a storm at Vliein the West Frisian Islands on 9 October 1799, whilst carrying a large shipment of gold.   disrupted salvage attempts, and the majority of the cargo has never been recovered.Lloyd's of London has preserved her salvaged bell - the Lutine Bell- which is now used for ceremonial purposes at their headquarters in London.