HMS Lutine (1779)

HMS Lutine was a frigate of the Royal Navy which sank in 1799. The Lutine Bell from the ship is preserved at Lloyd's of London.Lutine was originally a French naval ship, launched at Toulon in 1779, with 26 guns. Her name is the feminine form of Lutin (translation: "the tease" or "tormentress" or more literally "imp"). This was ten years before the French Revolution; on 18 December 1793, she became one of sixteen ships handed over to a British fleet under Vice Admiral Lord Hood at Toulon by French royalists. In 1795, she was rebuilt as a (fifth-rate) frigate with 38 guns. She served thereafter in the North Sea, blockading Amsterdam. She sank on 9 October 1799 carrying a large cargo of gold, the majority of which remains unsalvaged.
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