French corvette Perçante (1795)
French and British Navy ship, 1795–1814 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Jamaica.
Perçante was a 20-gun ship-corvette of the French Navy, built at Bayonne and launched in 1795. The British captured her in 1796 and took her into the Royal Navy under the name HMS Jamaica. They rated her as a sixth-rate 26-gun frigate. She served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and part of the Napoleonic Wars, during which she captured some privateers and participated in a boat attack. The Admiralty had her laid up in 1810 and sold her in 1814.
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Name | Perçante |
Namesake | "Piercing" |
Laid down | September 1793 |
Launched | June 1795 |
Captured | 7 August 1798 |
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Name | HMS Jamaica |
Acquired | By capture February 1796 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Copenhagen"[1] |
Fate | Sold 1814 |
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Class and type | Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette |
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Tons burthen | 5148⁄94 bm |
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Beam | 31 ft 0 in (9.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 8 ft 5+1⁄2 in (2.6 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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