French ship Écluse (1764)

History
France
Name	Écluse
Builder	Jean-Joseph Ginoux, Le Havre
Laid down	April 1764
Launched	August 1764
Fate	Condemned 1788
General characteristics
Displacement	Unladen:400-450 (French tons) ; Laden: 700;
Length	Overall: 112 ft (34.1 m), or 118 ft (36.0 m), or 38.3 m (126 ft); Keel: 100 ft (30.5 m);
Beam	25 ft (7.6 m), or 8.1 m (27 ft)
Depth of hold	13 ft 3 in (4.0 m), or 4.3 m (14 ft)
Complement	31–86
Armament	Design: 24 × 6-pounder + 8 × 32-pounder guns; Actual: 8–20 6-pounder guns;

Écluse was a gabarre launched at le Havre in 1764 for the French Navy. The navy lent her out to private parties who made one voyage as a slave ship (1770–1771), in the triangular trade in enslaved persons. She then returned to naval service. In May 1779 she participated in the unsuccessful invasion of Jersey; a British naval squadron succeeded in capturing or destroying much of the French squadron, and burnt Écluse. She was recovered and returned to service. In 1782, after the end of the war, the navy lent her out to serve as a merchantman. She was decommissioned in 1788.

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