HMS Fantome (1810)

Fantome
History
France
Name	Fantôme
Owner	Robert Surcouf
Port of registry	St. Malo
Launched	1809
Fate	Captured by Royal Navy ships Melampus and Driver 28 May 1810
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Fantome
Acquired	by capture, 28 May 1810
Commissioned	4 August 1810
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "April & May Boat Service 1813"[1]
Fate	Wrecked, 24 November 1814
General characteristics [2]
Type	Brig
Tons burthen	3806⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	94 ft 1 in (28.7 m) (Overall) 75 ft 6+1⁄2 in (23.0 m) (keel)
Beam	30 ft 11 in (9.4 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 0 in (4.0 m)
Complement	74
Armament	French service: 20 heavy carronades British service: 16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers

HMS Fantome was an 18-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was originally a French privateer brig named Fantôme, which the British captured in 1810 and commissioned into British service. Fantome saw extensive action in the War of 1812 until she was lost in a shipwreck at Prospect, Nova Scotia, near Halifax in 1814.