HMS Foxhound (1809)
HMS Foxhound was the French Navy's brig Basque, launched in 1809, that the British Royal Navy captured in 1809 and took into service as a 16-gun sloop. She had a relatively brief naval career in which she captured a number of merchant vessels. After the Navy sold her in 1816, she made some 10 or 11 whaling voyages between 1817 and 1848.
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Basque |
| Ordered | 5 May 1808 |
| Builder | Jean Baudry, Bayonne |
| Laid down | 8 June 1808 |
| Launched | 13 February 1809 |
| Captured | 12 November 1809 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Foxhound |
| Acquired | 1809 by capture |
| Commissioned | July 1810 |
| Fate | Sold 1816 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Foxhound |
| Owner |
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| Acquired | 1816 by purchase |
| Fate | No longer listed in Lloyd's Register after 1848 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Curieux-class brig, or possibly Sylphe-class brig |
| Displacement | 158/290 tons (unladen/laden; French) |
| Tons burthen | 34766⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 95 ft 6 in (29.1 m) (overall); 78 ft 0+3⁄4 in (23.8 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft 11+1⁄4 in (8.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 8 ft 1 in (2.5 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
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