French brig Suffisante (1793)

Suffisante
Suffisante
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameSuffisante (or sometimes Suffisant)[2]
NamesakeFrench for "satisfying", or "vainglorious"
BuilderLouis Deros, Le Havre[1] Plans by Forfait[2]
Laid downMarch 1793
Launched2 September 1793[1]
Captured25 August 1795
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Suffisante
Acquired25 August 1795 by capture
FateWrecked 25 December 1803
General characteristics [1][3]
Class and typeAmarante-class brig
Displacement288 tons (French)
Tons burthen286 4⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 86 ft 1 in (26.2 m) (overall)
  • 67 ft 4+5⁄8 in (20.5 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft 3+1⁄4 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 7+3⁄4 in (3.9 m)
Complement
  • French service:6 officers and 110 men[2]
  • British service:86
Armament
  • French service:
    • 2 × 8-pounder and 10 × 6-pounders[2]
    • in 1795: 10 × 6-pounders and 4 × 4-pounders[2]
    • 12 × 12-pounder guns
  • British service: 14 × 6-pounder guns

The French brig Suffisante [sy.fi.zɑ̃t] was launched in 1793 for the French Navy. In 1795 the Royal Navy captured her and took her into service under her existing name. HMS Suffisante captured seven privateers during her career, as well as recapturing some British merchantmen and capturing a number of prizes, some of them valuable. She was lost in December 1803 when she grounded in poor weather in Cork harbour.

  1. ^ a b c Winfield & Roberts (2015), pp. 205–6.
  2. ^ a b c d e Demerliac (1999), p. 93, No.557.
  3. ^ Winfield (2008), pp. 285–6.