French corvette Bacchante (1795)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bacchante.
The French corvette Bacchante was launched in 1795 as one of the four Serpente-class corvettes built for the French Navy. She served for almost two years as a privateer, before returning to the service of the French Navy. After HMS Endymion captured her in 1803, the Royal Navy took her in under her existing name as a 20-gun post ship. Bacchante served in the West Indies, where she captured several armed Spanish and French vessels before the Navy sold her in 1809.
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Name | Bacchante |
Builder | Pierre, Jacques, & Nicolas Fortier, Honfleur |
Laid down | October 1794 |
Launched | 29 December 1795 |
Completed | 1796 |
Captured | June 1803 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Bachante |
Acquired | June 1803 by capture |
Commissioned | November 1803 |
Fate | Sold 1809 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Serpente-class corvette |
Tons burthen | 642 (exact) (bm) |
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Beam | 32 ft 10+1⁄5 in (10.0 m) |
Depth of hold | 14 ft 8+3⁄4 in (4.489 m) |
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