French corvette Jalouse (1794)

Jalouse

History
France
Name	Jalouse
Namesake	French, meaning jealous, suspicious, or wary
Builder	Pierre, Jacques, and Nicholas Fortier, Honfleur
Laid down	July 1793
Launched	4 February 1794
Captured	13 May 1797
Great Britain
Name	HMS Jalouse
Acquired	13 May 1797 by capture
Fate	Broken up, March 1807
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type	Belliqueuse-class 18-gun brig-corvette
Displacement	475 tons (French)
Tons burthen	34847⁄94 (bm), or 220-280 (French; "of load")
Length	102 ft 10 in (31.3 m) (overall) 85 ft 4 in (26.0 m) (keel)
Beam	278 ft 9 in (85.0 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 11+1⁄2 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	French service: Originally:116-140 At capture:153 British service:121
Armament	French service Originally:6 × 24-pounder guns + 2 smaller guns At capture:12 × long 12-pounder + 4 × 6-pounder guns British service: 18 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades added

Jalouse was an 18-gun Belliqueuse-class brig-corvette of the French Navy, built to a design by Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, and launched in 1794 at Honfleur. The Royal Navy captured her in May 1797 and took her into service under her existing name. In British service she served primarily on the North Sea station where she captured three small French privateers, and many Dutch merchant vessels. She also participated with other British warships in two or three major cutting-out expeditions. She was broken up in 1807.