HMS Hart (1805)

History
France
Launched	1789
Renamed	Empereur (1804)
Captured	30 April 1805
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hart
Namesake	Hart (deer)
Acquired	April 1805 by capture
Fate	Sold 1810
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen	15187⁄94, or 160 (bm)
Length	Overall:68 ft 0 in (20.7 m) Keel:63 ft 9 in (19.4 m)
Beam	21 ft 2 in (6.5 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 9 in (3.3 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	82 (privateer)
Armament	Privateer: 14 × 6-pounder guns Royal Navy: 16 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Hart was a French schooner launched in 1789 that in 1804 was renamed Empereur and that cruised as a privateer out of Guadeloupe. The British Royal Navy captured Empereur in 1805 and took her into service. She captured numerous small merchant vessels and participated in the capture of the Danish West Indies in December 1807. The Navy sold her in 1810.