History
Malta
Name	Sante Elisabeth
Namesake	Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist
Builder	Valletta
Laid down	1782
Launched	1783
Out of service	Surrendered to France in June 1798
France
Name	Carthaginoise
Namesake	Carthaginians
Acquired	12 June 1798
Commissioned	September 1798
Fate	Captured in 1800 and broken up
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Complement	32 guns

Sante Elisabeth was a 32-gun frigate of the Navy of the Order of Saint John of Malta, later brought into French service as the Carthaginoise ([kaʁ.ta.ʒi.nwaz]; "Carthaginian" [feminine] or Carthagénaise), captured by the British at the capitulation of Malta in 1800, and subsequently broken up.

Built in 1782 in Valletta, Sante Elisabeth was launched the year after and served with the Maltese Navy until 11 June 1798 when the French captured the island during the Mediterranean campaign of 1798. The French recommissioned her as Carthaginoise, under the command of Captain Jean-Marie Letellier.

He readied her to sail to Alexandria, but found himself blockaded by the British Siege of Malta. Carthaginoise remained in harbour until Malta capitulated to the British in September 1800. The British found that she had been stripped for firewood and so they decided to break her up.^[1]

Citations

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 99. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.