French brig Milan (1807)

Milan

Plan of Achates, 1809
History
France
Name	Milan
Namesake	Kite
Ordered	28 December 1805[1]
Builder	Enterprise Ethéart, Saint Malo[2]
Laid down	March 1806[1]
Launched	6 July 1807[1]
Captured	30 October 1809[1]
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Achates
Acquired	30 October 1809
Commissioned	May 1810
Fate	Sold 1818
General characteristics [1][3]
Type	Brig
Displacement	327 tons[3]
Tons burthen	32739⁄94[4]
Length	Overall:97 ft 4+1⁄2 in (29.7 m)[4] Keel:76 ft 10+3⁄4 in (23.4 m)[4]
Beam	28 ft 3+1⁄2 in (8.6 m)[3]
Draught	13 ft 2 in (4.0 m)[4]
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	British service: 95[4]
Armament	French service: 14 × 24-pounder carronades[1][3] + 2 × 8-pounder chase guns[3] British service: 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns[4][4]

Milan was a French brig built at Saint Malo, from plans designed by François Pestel that had already served for Curieux in 1800 and for Palinure in 1804.^[3] She served in the French Navy for four years before HMS Surveillante and Seine captured her. She became HMS Achates in the Royal Navy and served until after the end of the Napoleonic Wars.