History | |
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Dutch Republic | |
Name | De Braak |
Namesake | The beagle |
Builder | P. v. Zwinjndregt, Rotterdam[1] |
Launched | 1781 |
Captured | By the British in February 1795 |
Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Braak |
Acquired | February 1795 |
Commissioned | 13 June 1797 |
Fate | Capsized on 23 May 1798 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | 14-gun brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 255 28⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 84 ft (26 m) (overall); 57 ft 4+3⁄4 in (17.494 m) (keel) |
Beam | 28 ft 11 in (8.81 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) |
Sail plan | brig-sloop |
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HMS Braak was an 18-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Rotterdam in 1781 and initially served with the Dutch Republic. The British seized her, in Britain, after the Dutch entry into the French Revolutionary Wars, and took her into the Royal Navy. She served briefly with the British before capsizing off the North American coast. She was subsequently the focus of a number of salvage efforts.