French corvette Faune (1804)

1/36 scale model of Cygne, sister-ship of Faune, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris
History
France
Name	Faune
Namesake	The Faun
Ordered	22 August 1803
Builder	Louis, Antoine, & Mathurin Crucy, Basse-Indres, Nantes
Laid down	February 1804
Launched	8 July 1804
Captured	15 August 1805
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Fawn
Namesake	The young of the deer
Acquired	15 August 1805 by capture
Fate	Disappears from records after 1806
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type	Abeille-class Brig[3]
Displacement	158/290 tons (French; unladen/laden)
Tons burthen	c.325 (bm)
Length	c. 95 ft (29 m) (overall); c. 75 ft (23 m) (keel)
Beam	c. 28 ft (8.5 m)
Depth of hold	c. 7 ft (2.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	French: 94 British: 121 (British establishment)
Armament	French: 16 × 6-pounder guns British: 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers

Faune was a French naval Abeille-class brig-corvette launched in 1804 to a design by François Pestel in 1803. She participated in the capture of HMS Blanche in July 1805. The Royal Navy captured Faune in August 1805. She was taken into service as HMS Fawn, but the last record of her dates to 1806. In 1807 the Royal Navy launched a new HMS Fawn.