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MINERVA (38) 5th rate Built in 1780, Woolwich DY.
Renamed PALLAS in 1798.
Broken up in 1803.
  • 1782 Capt. Hon. T. PAKENHAM, Spithead. 1798 renamed PALLAS and converted to troopship.
  • 1784 Out of commission at Portsmouth serviceable.
  • 1793 Capt. J. WHITBY, with Rear Ad. CORNWALLIS's flag, East Indies.
    MINERVA, assisted by three East Indiamen, blockaded the French base of Pondicherry in India from 1 August and, when the governor refused to surrender, bombarded the town from the 20th. until he finally capitulated on the 23rd.
  • 1795 Capt. PEYTON, 09/1795.
  • 1798 Capt. MACKELLER, 04/1798.
    MINERVA took part in the attack on Ostend in May 1798.
    (see DRUID) The captain and his boat's crew were taken prisoners.
    He was succeeded by Capt. EDMONDS, 07/1798.
    Armed en flute To Portugal 31 January 1799.
    Broken up in March 1803.

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