HMS Gaiete (1797)
HMS Gaiete (also Gayette) was a French Bonne Citoyenne-class corvette that the British frigate HMS Arethusa captured off Bermuda in 1797. She then served in the Royal Navy until she was sold in 1808.
Gaiete (La Gayete), plan drawn in 1797 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Gaieté or Gayette |
| Builder | Bayonne |
| Laid down | October 1793 |
| Launched | 1796 |
| Fate | Captured by Arethusa, 10 August 1797 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Gaiete |
| Acquired | By capture, 10 August 1797 |
| Commissioned | June 1798 |
| Fate | Sold, 1808 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Corvette |
| Tons burthen | 51420⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 120 ft 3+1⁄2 in (36.7 m) (overall); 100 ft 0+3⁄4 in (30.5 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 30 ft 1 in (9.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 8 ft 8 in (2.6 m) |
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