French brig Amarante (1793)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Amaranthe and HMS Amaranthe.

Amarante
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameAmarante
NamesakeAmaranth
Builder[1]
Laid downMay 1793
Launched23 August 1793[1]
CapturedDecember 1796
Great Britain
NameHMS Amaranthe
AcquiredDecember 1796 by capture
CommissionedAugust 1797
FateWrecked 25 October 1799
General characteristics [1][2]
Displacement288 tons (French)
Tons burthen29030⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 86 ft 1+1⁄4 in (26.245 m) (overall)
  • 68 ft 8+3⁄8 in (20.939 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft 2+1⁄2 in (8.598 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 2+3⁄4 in (4.032 m)
Complement
  • French service:110
  • British service:94
Armament
  • French service: 12 × 12-pounder guns
  • British service: 12 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

The French brig Amarante (equally Amaranthe), was launched in 1793 at Honfleur for the French Navy. The British Royal Navy captured her at the end of 1796 and took her into service as HMS Amaranthe. She captured one French vessel in a single-ship action before she was wrecked near Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1799.

  1. ^ a b c Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 205.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 286.