HMS Spitfire (1793)

HMS Spitfire was the French 6-gun privateer schooner Poulette, launched in 1793, that the Royal Navy captured that same year. Lieutenant John Perkins commissioned her in April. Under Perkins she was part of Commodore John Ford's squadron at Jamaica. She was lost with all hands off Saint-Domingue, Hispaniola, in February 1794.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Spitfire.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Spitfire
Launched1793
AcquiredBy capture 1793
FateLost 1794
General characteristics
Typeschooner
Tons burthen6060⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 59 ft 4 in (18.1 m) (overall);
  • 53 ft 0 in (16.2 m) (keel)
Beam14 ft 8 in (4.5 m)
Depth of hold5 ft 4 in (1.6 m)
Complement40; later 35
Armament4 × 3-pounder guns
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