French corvette Bacchante (1795)

The French corvette Bacchante was launched in 1795 as the second of the four-vessel Serpente class of corvettes. She served for almost two years as a privateer, before returning to the service of the French Navy. After HMS Endymion captured her in 1803, the Royal Navy took her in under her existing name as a 20-gun post ship. Bacchante served in the West Indies, where she captured several armed Spanish and French vessels before the Navy sold her in 1809.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Bacchante.

History
France
NameBacchante
BuilderPierre, Jacques, & Nicolas Fortier, Honfleur
Laid downOctober 1794
Launched29 December 1795
Completed1796
CapturedJune 1803
United Kingdom
NameHMS Bachante
AcquiredJune 1803 by capture
CommissionedNovember 1803
FateSold 1809
General characteristics
Class and typeSerpente-class corvette
Tons burthen642 (exact) (bm)
Length
  • 131 ft 6 in (40.1 m) (overall)
  • 111 ft 11+1⁄8 in (34.1 m) (keel)
Beam32 ft 10+1⁄5 in (10.0 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 8+3⁄4 in (4.489 m)
Complement
  • At capture: 200
  • British service: 175
Armament
  • Originally: 18 x 18-pounder guns
  • 1803: 18 x 12-pounder guns
  • British service: 18 x 32-pounder carronades + 2 x 12-pounder bow chasers
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