HMS Arab (1795)

Plan of the Jean Bart taken in 1795 at Portsmouth
History
France
Name	Jean Bart
Laid down	April 1793 at Saint Malo
Launched	October 1793
Captured	29 March 1795
Great Britain
Name	HMS Arab
Acquired	29 March 1795
Commissioned	October 1795
Fate	Wrecked, 10 June 1796
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Révolutionnaire-class corvette
Displacement	420 tons (French)[2]
Tons burthen	31534⁄94 (bm)
Length	90 ft 8+1⁄2 in (27.6 m) (overall) 69 ft 11+3⁄8 in (21.3 m) (keel)
Beam	29 ft 1+3⁄8 in (8.9 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 4 in (3.5 m)
Complement	French service:136[2] British service:100
Armament	French service: 18 × 6-pounder guns[2] British service: 16 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Arab was the French 20-gun corvette Jean Bart, launched in 1793. The British captured her in 1795 and the Royal Navy took her into service. She was wrecked in 1796.