Battle between Ligurienne and HMS Peterel, 30 Ventôse an VIII (21 March 1800). Aquatint by Antoine Roux.
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History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Peterel[a] |
Ordered | 18 February 1793[5] |
Builder | John Wilson, Frindsbury[1] |
Cost | £7,924[5] |
Laid down | May 1793[5] |
Launched | 3 April 1794[1] |
Completed | June 1794[5] |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Sold 11 July 1827[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 16-gun Pylades-class ship-sloop |
Tons burthen | 36557⁄94 bm[1] |
Length | 105 ft (32.00 m) (overall) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m)[1] |
Draught | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)[5] |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 121 |
Armament |
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HMS Peterel (or Peterell) was a 16-gun Pylades-class ship-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1794 and was in active service until 1811. Her most famous action was the capture of the French brig Ligurienne when shortly after Peterel captured two merchant ships and sent them off with prize crews, three French ships attacked her. She drove two on shore and captured the largest, the 14-gun Ligurienne. The Navy converted Peterel to a receiving ship at Plymouth in 1811 and sold her in 1827.
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