French brig Brave (1793)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Brave, French ship Arrogante, HMS Arrogant, and HMS Insolent.

Brave
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameCannoniere No. 1
BuilderLe Havre, to a design by Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait
Laid downJanuary 1793
Launched26 April 1793
Renamed
  • Brave (March 1793)
  • Arrogante (May 1795)
Captured25 April 1798
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS Arrogante
Acquired1798, by capture
RenamedHMS Insolent
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Basque Roads 1809"[1]
FateSold 1816
General characteristics [2][3]
Type
  • Initially: Corvette-canonnière
  • May 1795: Canonnière
  • British service: gun-brig
  • 1811: Brig-sloop
Displacement288 tons (French)
Tons burthen25814⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 91 ft 9 in (27.97 m) (overall)
  • 72 ft 1 in (21.97 m) (keel)
Beam25 ft 11+3⁄8 in (7.909 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Complement
  • French service: 94
  • British service: 55 (85 as brig-sloop)
Armament
  • Initially: 4 × 24-pounder guns
  • At capture: 6 × 24-pounder guns
  • Gun-brig: 2 × 18-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Brig-sloop: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 12 × 24-pounder carronades

Brave, launched at Le Havre in 1793, was the name vessel of a two-vessel class of brig-rigged canonnières, i.e., gun-brigs. The French Navy renamed her Arrogante in May 1795. The Royal Navy captured her on 23 or 24 April 1798. The British Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Arrogante, but renamed her HMS Insolent some four months later. She was sold in June 1818.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 242.
  2. ^ Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 273.
  3. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 286.