French brig Palinure (1804)

"HMS Snap (1808)" redirects here. For other ships with the name, see HMS Snap.

Palinure
Curieux (here in British service), sister-ship of Palinure[1]
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NamePalinure
NamesakePalinurus
Ordered19 March 1803
BuilderLouis, Antoine, and Maruthin Crucy, Lorient-Caudan
Launched12 January 1804
Commissioned20 May 1804
Captured31 October 1808
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameSnap
Acquired31 October 1808
Commissioned13 November 1808
Out of service15 February 1811
Honours and
awards
FateScrapped, June 1811
General characteristics [4][5]
Class and typePalinure-class brig
Displacement290 tons (French)
Tons burthen31956⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 91 ft 1 in (27.8 m) (overall)
  • 73 ft 1+1⁄2 in (22.3 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft 1+1⁄2 in (8.573 m); 27 ft 7+1⁄2 in (8.4 m) mld
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement
  • French service=*94
  • British service: 100
Armament
  • French service: 16 × 6-pounder guns
  • British service: 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns

Palinure was the nameship for the Palinure-class of 16-gun brigs of the French Navy, and was launched in 1804. In French service she captured Carnation before Circe captured her in turn. After being taken into the Royal Navy as HMS Snap, she participated in two campaigns that qualified her crew for the Naval General Service Medal (NGSM). She was broken up in 1811.

  1. ^ Demerliac (2003), p. 110 (entry for Milan).
  2. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 242.
  3. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 243.
  4. ^ Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 215.
  5. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 318.