French brig Suffisante (1793)

*Suffisante*
	Suffisante
History
France
Name	Suffisante (or sometimes Suffisant)
Namesake	"Suffisant" is the male form and "suffisante" the female for "satisfying", or "vainglorious"
Builder	Louis Deros, Le Havre Plans by Forfait
Laid down	March 1793
Launched	2 September 1793
Captured	25 August 1795
Great Britain
Name	HMS Suffisante
Acquired	25 August 1795 by capture
Fate	Wrecked 25 December 1803
General characteristics
Class and type	Amarante-class brig
Displacement	288 tons (French)
Tons burthen	286 4⁄94 (bm)
Length	86 ft 1 in (26.2 m) (overall); 67 ft 4+5⁄8 in (20.5 m) (keel);
Beam	28 ft 3+1⁄4 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 7+3⁄4 in (3.9 m)
Complement	French service:6 officers and 110 men; British service:86;
Armament	French service: ; 2 x 8-pounder and 10 x 6-pounders; in 1795: 10 x 6-pounders and 4 x 4-pounders; 12 x 12-pounder guns; British service: 14 x 6-pounder guns;

The French brig Suffisante was launched in 1793 for the French Navy. In 1795 the Royal Navy captured her and took her into service under her existing name. HMS Suffisante captured seven privateers during her career, as well as recapturing some British merchantmen and capturing a number of prizes, some of them valuable. She was lost in December 1803 when she grounded in poor weather in Cork harbour.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.