HMS Renard (1803)

French service: 110; 80 at capture
British service: 60 (plan); 48 (actual)

History
France
Name	Renard
Namesake	The fox, an animal of the genus Vulpes
Builder	Michel Colin-Olivier, Dieppe
Laid down	March 1793
Launched	Early June 1793
Acquired	April 1793
Captured	November 1803
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Renard
Acquired	By capture 1803
Renamed	HMS Crafty
Fate	Captured 1807
General characteristics
Type	Schooner
Tons burthen	146 (bm)
Length	76 ft 5 in (23.3 m)
Beam	19 ft 10 in (6.0 m)
Complement	French service:110; 80 at capture; British service:60 (plan); 48 (actual);
Armament	French service; Originally:12 × 4-pounder guns + 6 × swivel guns; Later: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 6 × 4-pounder guns; 1795:12 x 6-pounder guns; At capture: 12 × 4-pounder guns + 6 × swivel guns ; British service: 12 × 12-pounder carronades + 2 × 4-pounder guns;

HMS Renard was a 12-gun schooner, previously the French navy schooner Renard. HMS Cameleon captured her in 1803 off Corsica and the Royal Navy took her into service under her existing name. The already being an HMS Renard (a sloop), on the West Indies station, at some point between 1804 and 1807 the schooner's name was changed to HMS Crafty. During her brief service Renard/Crafty captured several merchantmen and a small armed vessel. In 1807 three Spanish privateers captured her.

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