History | |
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Name | Mutine |
Namesake | "Mischievous" |
Ordered | 15 April 1793 |
Builder | Pierre, Jacques, & Nicolas Fortier, Honfleur |
Laid down | January 1793[1] |
Launched | 5 January 1794[1] |
In service | February 1794[1] |
Captured | 29 May 1797 |
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Name | HMS Mutine |
Acquired | Captured in a cutting out action on 29 May 1797 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Nile"[2] |
Fate | Sold in 1803 |
General characteristics [3][4] | |
Class and type | 12-gun brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 349 54⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
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Armament |
Mutine was an 18-gun Belliqueuse-class gun-brig of the French Navy,[1] built to a design by Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, and launched in 1794 at Honfleur. She took part in the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where the British captured her. She was recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Mutine, and eventually sold in 1803.