French corvette Faune (1804)
Faune was a French naval Abeille-class brig-corvette launched in 1804 to a design by François Pestel in 1803. She participated in the capture of HMS Blanche in July 1805. The Royal Navy captured Faune in August 1805. She was taken into service as HMS Fawn, but the last record of her dates to 1806. In 1807 the Royal Navy launched a new HMS Fawn.
1/36 scale model of Cygne, sister-ship of Faune, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Faune |
| Namesake | The Faun |
| Ordered | 22 August 1803 |
| Builder | Louis, Antoine, & Mathurin Crucy, Basse-Indres, Nantes |
| Laid down | February 1804 |
| Launched | 8 July 1804 |
| Captured | 15 August 1805 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Fawn |
| Namesake | The young of the deer |
| Acquired | 15 August 1805 by capture |
| Fate | Disappears from records after 1806 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Abeille-class Brig |
| Displacement | 158/290 tons (French; unladen/laden) |
| Tons burthen | c.325 (bm) |
| Length | c. 95 ft (29 m) (overall); c. 75 ft (23 m) (keel) |
| Beam | c. 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | c. 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Brig |
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