HMS Trompeuse (1794)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Trompeuse.

History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameTrompeuse
BuilderJean Fouache, Le Havre[1]
Launched17 July 1793
Captured12 January 1794
Great Britain
NameHMS Trompeuse
Acquired12 January 1794 by capture
FateWrecked 15 July 1796
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen342 (bm)
Length
  • Overall:91 ft 9 in (28.0 m)
  • Keel:73 ft 0+3⁄4 in (22.3 m)
Beam29 ft 7+1⁄2 in (9.0 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 7 in (3.5 m)
Complement
  • At capture:110
  • Royal Navy:110
Armament
  • At capture:18 × 6-pounder guns
  • Royal Navy:
    • April 1794:16 × 18-pounder carronades
    • July 1794:16 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Trompeuse was a former French 16-gun brig-sloop, launched in July 1793, that HMS Sphinx captured on 12 January 1794 near Cape Clear Island. The British Royal Navy took her into service. As HMS Trompeuse she captured a small privateer and then grounded off Kinsale in 1796.

  1. ^ Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 205.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 284.