French corvette Perçante (1795)

Perçante was a 20-gun ship-corvette of the French Navy, built at Bayonne and launched in 1795. The British captured her in 1796 and took her into the Royal Navy under the name HMS Jamaica. They rated her as a sixth-rate 26-gun frigate. She served during both the French Revolutionary Wars and part of the Napoleonic Wars, during which she captured some privateers and participated in a boat attack. The Admiralty had her laid up in 1810 and sold her in 1814.

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

History
France
NamePerçante
Namesake"Piercing"
Laid downSeptember 1793
LaunchedJune 1795
Captured7 August 1798
Great Britain
NameHMS Jamaica
AcquiredBy capture February 1796
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Copenhagen"
FateSold 1814
General characteristics
Class and typeBonne Citoyenne-class corvette
Type
  • Ship-corvette in French service
  • Sixth-rate frigate in British service
Tons burthen5148⁄94 bm
Length
  • 119 ft 8+1⁄2 in (36.5 m) (overall)
  • 100 ft 6+7⁄8 in (30.7 m) (keel)
Beam31 ft 0 in (9.4 m)
Depth of hold8 ft 5+1⁄2 in (2.6 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement
  • French service: 200
  • British service: 155
Armament
  • French service:
  • 20 × 8-pounder guns + 6 x brass 2-pounder guns
  • British service:
  • Upperdeck: 20 x 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 2 x 12-pounder carronades
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