HMS Vesuve (1795)

Vesuve
History
France
Name	Vésuve
Namesake	Vesuvius
Builder	probably Lemarchand, Saint-Malo
Laid down	February 1793
Launched	May 1793
Renamed	Vedette (30 May 1795), but vessel captured before implementation
Captured	3 July 1795
Great Britain
Name	HMS Vesuve
Acquired	3 July 1795 by capture
Fate	Sold 1802
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type	Vesuve-class gun-brig
Displacement	140 tons (French)
Tons burthen	16048⁄94 (bm)
Length	73 ft 6+3⁄4 in (22.4 m) (overall) 60 ft 6 in (18.4 m) (keel)
Beam	22 ft 4 in (6.8 m)
Depth of hold	7 ft 8 in (2.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	French service:53 RN service:68
Armament	French service: 4 × 24-pounder guns + 2 × swivel guns British service: 3 × 18-pounder guns in the upper deck, or 4 × 68-pounder carronades + 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Vesuve was the French brick-cannonière Vésuve, name vessel of her class of seven bricks-cannonière. She was launched at Saint-Malo in 1793. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1795 and took her into service as HMS Vesuve. The Navy sold her in 1802.