French brig Nettuno (1807)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Nettuno and HMS Cretan.

Nettuno
Nettuno/HMS Cretan. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheerlines with inboard detail and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth, as taken off at Sheerness Dockyard. Drawing from August-early September 1809.
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameNettuno
NamesakeNeptune
BuilderVenice
Laid downDecember 1806
Launched12 April 1807
Captured1 June 1808
United Kingdom
NameCretan
Acquired1 June 1808 by capture
FateSold 29 September 1814
United Kingdom
NameCretan
OwnerAlexander Birnie
Acquired29 September 1814 by purchase
FateLast listed in Lloyd's Register in 1834
General characteristics [1][2]
Displacement360 tons
Tons burthen34419⁄94,[2] or 356[3] (bm)
Length
  • 95 ft 3 in (29.03 m) (overall)
  • 76 ft 6 in (23.32 m) (keel)
Beam29 ft 1 in (8.86 m)
Draught3.55 m (11.6 ft) (unloaded)
Depth of hold13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement
  • French service:112
  • British service:100
Armament
  • French service: 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6 or 12-pounder chase guns
  • British service: 14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder chase guns
  • Whaler: 8 × 9-pounder carronades[3]

Nettuno was a French Illyrien or Friedland-class brig built at Venice and launched in June 1807. HMS Unite captured her a year later off Zara. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Cretan. She served in the Mediterranean. She was sold in 1814. Between 1815 and 1831 she made five voyages as a whaler.

  1. ^ Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 219.
  2. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 319.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LR1815 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).