HMS Renard (1797)

History
France
Name	Renard
Namesake	The fox, an animal of the genus Vulpes
Builder	Bordeaux or Lorient
Launched	1797
Captured	1797
Great Britain
Name	HMS Renard
Acquired	By capture 1797
Fate	Sold 1809
General characteristics [1]
Type	Sloop
Tons burthen	345 57⁄94 bm
Length	103 ft 1 in (31.4 m) (overall) 81 ft 5 in (24.8 m) (keel)
Beam	28 ft 3 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 6+1⁄2 in (3.5 m)
Complement	French service: 189 British service: 90
Armament	French service: 18 × 6-pounder guns British service (initial): 16 × 32-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns British service (after 1799): 16 × 32-pounder carronades Quarterdeck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Renard was the French privateer Renard, launched in 1797, that Cerberus captured in the Channel that same year. The Royal Navy took her into service under her existing name and she participated in some notable engagements on the Jamaica station before the Navy sold her in 1809.