HMS Alexander (1796)

History
France
Name	Alexandre
Owner	Rouzeau
Launched	Nantes
Commissioned	March 1796
Captured	April 1796
Great Britain
Name	HMS Alexander
Acquired	April 1796 by capture
Fate	Sold 1802
General characteristics
Tons burthen	180 (French; "of load"); 125 (bm);
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	Schooner
Complement	Privateer:66; HMS:30—40;
Armament	Privateer:10 guns; HMS:6 or 8 × 4-pounder guns;

HMS Alexander was the French privateer schooner Alexandre that the British Royal Navy captured in 1796, purchased, and took into service as a ship's tender to HMS Prince of Wales, and later a troopship. She was the victor in two single-ship actions against opponents of equal or greater force. The Navy sold her in 1802.

^ ^a ^b JJ Salein: Base de donnés sur les capitaines corsaires, les navires et les armateurs. Accessed 22 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Winfield (2008), p.397.
^ ^a ^b O'Byrne (1849), Vol. 2, p.903.

[Salein-1] JJ Salein: Base de donnés sur les capitaines corsaires, les navires et les armateurs. Accessed 22 January 2016.

[Winfield-2] Winfield (2008), p.397.

[Obyrne-3] O'Byrne (1849), Vol. 2, p.903.

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History

France
Name	Alexandre
Owner	Rouzeau^[1]
Launched	Nantes
Commissioned	March 1796
Captured	April 1796
Great Britain
Name	HMS Alexander
Acquired	April 1796 by capture
Fate	Sold 1802
General characteristics
Tons burthen	180 (French; "of load")^[1] 125^[2] (bm)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	Schooner
Complement	Privateer:66 HMS:30^[3]—40^[2]
Armament	Privateer:10 guns HMS:6^[2] or 8^[3] × 4-pounder guns