HMS Dauntless (1804)
The first HMS Dauntless was a sixth-rate Combatant-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1804 and the French captured her in 1807 at Danzig. The French Navy took her into service as Sans Peur, but her subsequent fate is unknown.
HMS Dauntless aground, by Benjamin Zix | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Dauntless |
| Builder | William Gibson Shipyard; North Bridge yard, Hull |
| Launched | November 1804 |
| Commissioned | March 1805 |
| Captured | 16 May 1807 |
| France | |
| Name | Sans Peur |
| Acquired | 16 May 1807 by capture |
| Fate | Possibly left for the Prussians in July 1807 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Combatant-class sloop |
| Type | Pram |
| Displacement | 450 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 426 40⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 28 ft 3 in (8.61 m) |
| Depth of hold | 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 121 |
| Armament | 22 x 24-pounder carronades |
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