French corvette Naïade (1793)

	Incomplete plan of Diligente, sister ship to Naïade, drawn 1811 by Edward Sison, Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, National Maritime Museum
History
France
Name	Naïade
Builder	Brest dockyard
Laid down	May 1793
Launched	24 October 1793
Captured	1805
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Melville
Acquired	1805 (by capture)
Fate	Broken up 1811
General characteristics
Type	Brig
Displacement	270 tons (French; unladen)
Tons burthen	353 (bm)
Length	31.75 m (104.2 ft) (overall)
Beam	8.31 m (27.3 ft)
Depth of hold	4.17 m (13.7 ft)
Sail plan	ship-sloop (1806 on)
Complement	French service: 187; At capture: 170;
Armament	French service; Originally: 12 × 12-pounder guns + 4 × 6-pounder guns; 1798:16 × 8-pounder guns; 1800: 16 × 12-pounder guns; 1804: 18 × 12-pounder guns; At capture: 16 × 12-pounder guns + 4 × 2-pounder swivel guns ; HMS:16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns;

The French corvette Naïade was launched at Brest in 1793 as a brig-corvette for the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1805 and took her into service as HMS Melville. She was sold for breaking up in 1808.

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