High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Galatea was a fifth-rate 32-gun sailing frigate of the British Royal Navy, built by George Parsons at Bursledon and launched in 1794. Before she was broken up in 1809 she captured numerous prizes and participated in a number of actions, first in the Channel and off Ireland (1794-1803), and then in the Caribbean (1802-1809), including one that earned her crew the Naval General Service Medal.