French ship Musette (1781)

Musette

History
France
Name	Musette
Builder	Nantes
Launched	1781
Captured	21 December 1796
Great Britain
Name	Musette
Acquired	By capture December 1796
Fate	Sold August 1806
General characteristics [1][2]
Displacement	460 tons (French)
Tons burthen	311 75⁄94 (bm)
Length	102 ft 0+1⁄2 in (31.1 m) (overall) 80 ft 9+3⁄8 in (24.6 m) (keel)
Beam	26 ft 11+1⁄4 in (8.2 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 3+3⁄4 in (4.1 m)
Complement	French service: 148 (150 at capture) British service: 125
Armament	French service: 20 × 6-pounder guns + 6 small guns on the poop deck At capture: 22 guns British service: 20 × 24-pounder carronades

Musette (or Muzette) was a merchant ship built at Nantes in 1781. In June 1793 her owners commissioned her there as a 20-gun privateer, but the French Navy requisitioned her in November and classed her as a corvette. In May 1795 the Navy returned her to privateer service. HMS Hazard captured her in December 1796 and the Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Musette. She never went to sea again and the Navy sold her in 1806.