HMS Avenger (1794)

History
French Navy Ensign (1790-1794)France
NameMarseillaise
AcquiredJanuary 1794
RenamedVengeur
Captured17 February 1794
Royal Navy Ensign (1707 - 1800)Great Britain
NameHMS Avenger
AcquiredFebruary 1794 by capture
FateSold 1802
General characteristics
Class and typeShip-sloop
Tons burthen355 bm

HMS Avenger was a 16-gun ship-sloop of the British Royal Navy. Previously she was the French privateer Marseillaise and then naval corvette Vengeur, which the British Army captured during the battle for Martinique in 1794. The Admiralty sold her in 1802.