Caroline (1804 ship)

History
France
Name	Caroline
Builder	Solidor, Saint-Malo
Laid down	June 1803
Launched	January 1804
Captured	28 December 1808
Fate	Sunk 14 January 1809
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	130 tons (French)
Sail plan	Cutter (original); Brig (from August 1805);
Crew	17 officers and 76 men (February–May 1804); 119 men (July 1804-November 1804 and September 1805 to January 1806);
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 36-pounder obusiers de vaisseau

Caroline was a French privateer commissioned in Saint-Malo in 1804. She served in the Indian Ocean, based at Île de France (now Mauritius). As she was returning to Saint-Malo, a sloop of the British Royal Navy captured her off Cape Finisterre in 1809; she was accidentally sunk shortly thereafter.

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