Plan of the Jean Bart taken in 1795 at Portsmouth
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History | |
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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 |
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Beam | 29 ft 1+3⁄8 in (8.9 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 4 in (3.5 m) |
Complement |
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Armament |
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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.