Vésuve-class gunbrig explained

The Vésuve class was a class of seven 4-gun gunbrigs (bricks-canonniers).

The Royal Navy captured three of the seven vessels in the class and took them into British service.

Vésuve class (7 ships)

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Begun: February 1793

Launched: May 1793

Completed: June 1793

Fate: Captured by and HMS Hebe on 3 July 1795. Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Vesuve, sold in 1802

Builder: Lemarchand, Saint-Malo

Begun: March 1793

Launched: May 1793

Completed: June 1793

Fate: Captured in 1803 by boats from HMS Loire; sold in 1807

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Builder: Saint Malo

Begun: 1793

Launched: January 1794

Completed: February 1794

Fate: Struck in Saint Valéry en Caux in December 1798

Notes: Renamed Fantôme in May 1795

Builder: Saint Malo

Begun: 1792

Launched: September 1793

Completed: September 1793

Fate: Decommissioned in Brest in February 1810

Notes: renamed Canonnière n°14 in May 1801

Builder: Saint Malo

Begun: March 1793

Launched: August 1793

Completed: September 1793

Fate: Decommissioned on 31 March 1807

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Builder: Saint Malo

Begun: 1793

Launched: 1793

Completed: June 1793

Fate: Ran aground in combat against Lapwing, then destroyed by gunfire on 29 November 1796

References

Notes and References

  1. Roche, p. 461
  2. Roche, p. 473
  3. Roche, p. 136
  4. Roche, p. 210
  5. Roche, p. 237
  6. Roche, p. 364-365
  7. Roche, p. 454