28-gun 6th rate frigate

• Launched in France as the Astrée in 1778.
• Captured by the British in October in the same year.
• Wrecked in January 1783.
• Nelson commanded her as Post-Captain from June 1779 - March 1780.
• The spelling of the name varies; Hinchinbrooke, Hinchinbroke, Hinchingbroke and Hinchingbrooke have also been used.

Career:

• 1778: The French merchant ship Astrée was captured by the British ship Ruby, and taken into the Royal Navy to be fitted as a 28-gun 6th rate.  She was renamed after Viscount Hinchinbroke, who was the son of the First Lord of the Admiralty. 
• 1780: She was Nelson's ship during the Nicaraguan expedition to capture the fort of San Juan.  140 out of her 200 crew died from disease, and Nelson himself became so ill that he handed command to Cuthbert Collingwood and was taken to Jamaica where he was cared for by Capt. William Cornwallis and a nurse (once Cornwallis' slave) named Cuba Cornwallis. 
• Jan 1783: Hit a reef near Port Royal in Jamaica and sank, but with no loss of life. (Lieutenant John Markham)