French corvette Aréthuse
Aréthuse, launched in April 1798, was the name-ship of the eponymous Aréthuse-class corvettes of the French Navy. Excellent captured her in 1799. The Royal Navy took her into service under the name HMS Raven. She was wrecked in 1804.
Raven drawn in 1799 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Aréthuse |
| Namesake | Arethusa |
| Builder | Louis and Antoine Crucy, Basse-Indre |
| Laid down | October 1797 |
| Launched | 29 April 1798 |
| Captured | 10 October 1799 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Raven |
| Acquired | 10 October 1799 |
| Fate | Wrecked on 6 July 1804 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Corvette |
| Displacement | 464 tons |
| Tons burthen | 38982⁄94 (bm), 250 (French; "of load") |
| Length | 31.18 m (102.3 ft) (overall); 27.93 m (91.6 ft) (keel) |
| Beam | 8.93 m (29.3 ft) |
| Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 4.38 m (14.4 ft) |
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