French corvette Flèche (1768)

French service: 120 (peace), and 200 (war)
British service: 75

History
France
Name	Flèche
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	May 1768
Launched	19 October 1768
Captured	21 May 1794
Great Britain
Name	HMS Fleche
Acquired	May 1794 by capture
Commissioned	May 1794
Fate	Wrecked 12 November 1795
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Tons burthen	278 (bm)
Length	Overall: 92 ft 9 in (28.3 m); Keel: 74 ft 4 in (22.7 m);
Beam	26 ft 6 in (8.1 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 0 in (3.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	French service: 120 (peace), and 200 (war); British service: 75;
Armament	French service: initially 18 × 6-pounder guns; later 14 × 6-pounder guns; British service: 18 × 18-pounder carronades;

Flèche was a French corvette built by Louis-Hilarion Chapelle (cadet) and launched at Toulon, France in 1768. The British captured her at the Fall of Bastia in May 1794 and commissioned her into the Royal Navy under her existing name. She observed the naval Battle of Hyères Islands, but then was wrecked in 1795.

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