Adèle (1800 brig)
Adèle was a French privateer brig commissioned in 1800 that the British Royal Navy captured later that year. The British East India Company's government in India purchased her in 1801 for service as an armed brig in the Bay of Bengal and along the Coromandel Coast. In 1804 she sailed to Britain where the Admiralty purchased her for use as a fire ship, and named her HMS Firebrand. She was wrecked in 1804.
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Adèle |
| Builder | Nantes |
| Commissioned | May 1800 |
| Fate | Captured 13 November 1800 |
| British East India Company | |
| Name | Waller |
| Namesake | Captain William Waller |
| Operator | East India Company (EIC), 1801-1804 |
| Acquired | 1801 by purchase post-capture |
| Fate | Sold August 1804 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Firebrand |
| Acquired | 1804 by purchase |
| Fate | Wrecked 13 October 1804 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 120-140 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 140 (bm) |
| Length | 80 ft 2 in (24.4 m) (overall); c. |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 60 (Adèle) |
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