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French corvette Var (1806)
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Var and HMS Chichester.
Var was a corvette of the French Navy, launched in 1806 as the name-ship of her class of flutes. She served as a storeship until the British captured her in 1809. She became the transport HMS Chichester, and was wrecked in 1811.
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Name | Var |
Namesake | Var (department) |
Ordered | 26 March 1805 |
Builder | La Ciotat |
Laid down | July 1805 |
Launched | 8 September 1806 |
Fate | Captured February 1809 |
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Name | Chichester |
Acquired | February 1809 by capture |
Fate | Wrecked 2 May 1811 |
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Class and type | Var-class flute |
Displacement | 800 tons (French) |
Tons burthen | 777 (bm) |
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Beam | 35 ft 0+1⁄2 in (10.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 6+1⁄2 in (3.5 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
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