HMS Cerbere (1800)


History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameChalier
BuilderCherbourg
Laid downAugust 1793
Launched4 January 1794
RenamedCerbère May 1795
Captured29 July 1800
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Cerbere
NamesakeCerberus
Acquired29 July 1800 (by capture)
CommissionedAugust 1802
FateWrecked 20 February 1804
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeChalier-class
TypeBrick cannoniere (gun-brig)
Displacement130 tons (French)
Tons burthen1378094 (bm)
Length
  • 79 ft 6+12 in (24.2 m) (overall)
  • 66 ft 7 in (20.3 m) (keel)
Beam19 ft 8+34 in (6.0 m)
Depth of hold6 ft 1 in (1.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planBrig
Complement
  • French service: 43
  • At capture:87
  • British service: 50
Armament
  • Originally: 2 × 24-pounder bow chasers + 1 × 24-pounder gun amidships + 1 × 8-pounder gun
  • At capture: 3 × 24-pounder guns + 4 × 6-pounder guns
  • British service: 10 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Cerbere was the French naval brig Cerbère, ex-Chalier, which the British captured in 1800. She was wrecked in 1804.