HMS Renard (1797)

History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameRenard
NamesakeThe fox, an animal of the genus Vulpes
BuilderBordeaux or Lorient
Launched1797
Captured1797
Great Britain
NameHMS Renard
AcquiredBy capture 1797
FateSold 1809
General characteristics [1]
TypeSloop
Tons burthen345 5794 bm
Length
  • 103 ft 1 in (31.4 m) (overall)
  • 81 ft 5 in (24.8 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft 3 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 6+12 in (3.5 m)
Complement
  • French service: 189
  • British service: 90
Armament
  • French service: 18 × 6-pounder guns
  • British service (initial):
  • 16 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns
  • British service (after 1799):
  • 16 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Renard was the French privateer Renard, launched in 1797, that Cerberus captured in the Channel that same year. The Royal Navy took her into service under her existing name and she participated in some notable engagements on the Jamaica station before the Navy sold her in 1809.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 266.