HMS Epervier (1797)

History
France
Name	Epervier
Namesake	The hawk
Builder	Benjamin Dubois, Montmarin (Saint Malo)
Laid down	October 1787
Launched	23 February 1788
Captured	12 November 1797
Great Britain
Name	HMS Epervier
Acquired	By capture 12 November 1797
Commissioned	Never commissioned
Fate	Sold 7 September 1801
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Expédition-class
Type	Brig-sloop
Tons burthen	253 89⁄94 (bm)
Length	94 ft (28.7 m) (gundeck) 76 ft 3+1⁄8 in (23.2 m) (keel)
Beam	25 ft 0+1⁄4 in (7.6 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 7 in (3.2 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	Initially: 82 officers and men Later (1794): 130 Privateer: 145
Armament	Brick-aviso: 6 × 4-pounder guns (initially) Privateer: 16 × 4-pounder guns British service: 18 × 18-pounder carronades

The first HMS Epervier, sometimes spelled HMS Epervoir, was the French ex-naval brick-aviso and then privateer Épervier, launched in 1788. The British captured her in 1797 and registered her in 1798 as an 18-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. The Navy never commissioned her and she was sold in 1801.