HMS Requin (1795)

History
France
Name	Requin
Namesake	Shark in French
Builder	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Launched	March 1794
Captured	20 February 1795
Great Britain
Name	HMS Requin
Acquired	1795 by capture
Fate	Wrecked 1 January 1801
General characteristics [1][2]
Displacement	110 tons (unladen); 171 tons (laden)
Tons burthen	16529⁄94 (bm)
Length	French Overall: 22.25m Keel:18.52m British Overall: 71 ft 2 in (21.7 m) Keel: 54 ft 11+1⁄2 in (16.8 m)
Beam	French: 7.15m British: 23 ft 9+1⁄2 in (7.3 m)
Depth of hold	French: 3.3m British: 10 ft 3 in (3.1 m)
Complement	French Navy: Royal Navy:59
Armament	French Navy: 12 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 12-pounder obusiers Royal Navy: 10 × 4-pounder guns

HMS Requin was the French Navy cutter Requin, launched at Boulogne in 1794. HMS Thalia captured Requin in 1795. Requin captured one small French privateer and participated in the capture of Suriname before wrecking in 1801.