French brig Ligurienne (1798)

	The Ligurienne under way. Aquatint by Antoine Roux.
History
France
Name	Ligurienne
Namesake	Liguria
Builder	Toulon, Builder: Honoré Garnier Saint-Maurice
Laid down	March 1798
Launched	2 May 1798
In service	July 1798
Fate	Captured on 21 March 1800
General characteristics
Class and type	Brig-corvette
Displacement	300 tons (French)
Tons burthen	150 (French; "of load")
Length	26 metres (85 ft)
Beam	7 metres (23 ft 0 in)
Draught	3 metres (9.8 ft)
Complement	104
Armament	French account: 1 x 12-pounder gun + 6 x 6-pounder guns; British account: 14 x 6-pounder guns + 2 x 36-pounder obusiers;
Armour	Timber

Ligurienne was a 16-gun sectional brig of the French Navy that was launched in 1798. The British captured her in 1800, but did not take her into service.

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