HMS Alert (1793)

HMS Alert was launched in 1793 for the Royal Navy. In May 1794 the French Navy captured her and took her into service as Alerte. A few months later the Royal Navy destroyed her.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Alert and French ship Alerte.

Alert
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Alert
Ordered18 February 1793
BuilderJohn Randall & Co., Rotherhithe
Laid downApril 1793
Launched8 October 1793
CommissionedOctober 1793
Captured14 May 1794
France
NameAlerte
AcquiredBy capture May 1794
FateDestroyed 23 August 1794
General characteristics
Class and typePylades-class ship-sloop
Displacement280 tons (French)
Tons burthen36516⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 105 ft 3 in (32.1 m) (overall);
  • 86 ft 9+1⁄2 in (26.5 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft 1+1⁄2 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
PropulsionSail
Complement
  • HMS: 125
  • French service: 125-130
Armament
  • HMS: 16 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × ½-pounder swivel guns
  • French service: Unchanged
ArmourTimber
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