HMS Hyaena (1778)

	Hyaena
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Hyaena
Ordered	9 October 1776
Builder	John Fisher, Liverpool
Laid down	May 1777
Launched	2 March 1778
Completed	By January 1779 at Portsmouth
Commissioned	January 1779
Captured	25 May 1793
France
Name	Hyène
Owner	1793-1796: French Navy; 1796-1797:Private owners;
Acquired	25 May 1793 by capture
Captured	25 October 1797
Great Britain
Name	HMS Hyaena
Acquired	25 October 1797 by capture
Fate	Sold out of service, Deptford 1802
United Kingdom
Name	Recovery
Owner	Daniel Bennett
Acquired	1802 by purchase
Fate	Broken up 1813
General characteristics
Class and type	24-gun Porcupine-class post ship
Displacement	800 tons (French)
Tons burthen	52139⁄94, or 522, or 526 (bm)
Length	114 ft 4 in (34.8 m) (gundeck), or 119 ft 9 in (36.5 m)
Beam	32 ft 3 in (9.83 m), or 29 ft 5 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 3+1⁄4 in (3.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	ship-rigged
Complement	Originally:160; Privateer:230; Royal Navy:160; Whaler:50;
Armament	Originally:; Upper deck: 22 × 9-pounder guns; QD: 2 × 6-pounder guns; Privateer: 20 × 9-pounder guns; Royal Navy:20 × 32-pounder carronades; Whaler:6 × 9-pounder + 10 × 6-pounder guns;

HMS Hyaena (HMS Hyæna) was a 24-gun Porcupine-class post-ship of the Royal Navy launched in 1778. The French captured her in 1793, took her into service as Hyène, and then sold her. She became a privateer that the British captured in 1797. The Royal Navy took her back into service as Hyaena and she continued to serve until the Navy sold her in 1802. The ship's new owner, Daniel Bennett, renamed her Recovery. Between 802 and 1813, she made seven voyages as a whaler in the British southern whale fishery. She was broken up later in 1813.

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History
Hyaena
Great Britain
Name	HMS Hyaena
Ordered	9 October 1776
Builder	John Fisher, Liverpool^[1]
Laid down	May 1777
Launched	2 March 1778
Completed	By January 1779 at Portsmouth
Commissioned	January 1779
Captured	25 May 1793
France
Name	Hyène
Owner	1793-1796: French Navy 1796-1797:Private owners
Acquired	25 May 1793 by capture
Captured	25 October 1797
Great Britain
Name	HMS Hyaena
Acquired	25 October 1797 by capture
Fate	Sold out of service, Deptford 1802
United Kingdom
Name	Recovery
Owner	Daniel Bennett
Acquired	1802 by purchase
Fate	Broken up 1813
General characteristics
Class and type	24-gun Porcupine-class post ship
Displacement	800 tons (French)^[2]
Tons burthen	52139⁄94, or 522,^[4] or 526^[5]^[3] (bm)
Length	114 ft 4 in (34.8 m) (gundeck), or 119 ft 9 in (36.5 m)^[3]
Beam	32 ft 3 in (9.83 m), or 29 ft 5 in (9.0 m)^[3]
Depth of hold	10 ft 3+1⁄4 in (3.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	ship-rigged
Complement	Originally:160 Privateer:230 Royal Navy:160 Whaler:50^[5]
Armament	Originally: Upper deck: 22 × 9-pounder guns QD: 2 × 6-pounder guns Privateer: 20 × 9-pounder guns Royal Navy:20 × 32-pounder carronades^[6] Whaler:6 × 9-pounder + 10 × 6-pounder guns^[7]^[5]