HMS Rapide (1808 schooner)
HMS Rapide was a British schooner of unknown name that the French captured in 1806. The French Navy took her into service as Villaret, but renamed her Rapide. She then became the model for a class of advice boats (avisos). The British Royal Navy captured her in 1808 in the West Indies and took her into service as the ship's tender Rapide. She was lost in 1814.
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Villaret |
| Namesake | Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse, Captain-General of Martinique |
| Acquired | 3 July 1806 by capture |
| Renamed |
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| Captured | 12 July 1808 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Rapide |
| Acquired | 12 July 1808 by capture |
| Fate | Lost March 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | (bm) |
| Length | 57 ft 10 in (17.6 m) |
| Beam | 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 5 ft 10 in (1.8 m) |
| Complement | 35-38 |
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