French brig Oreste (1805)

Oreste

History
France
Name	Oreste
Namesake	Orestes
Builder	Le Havre
Laid down	July 1804
Launched	16 January 1805
Captured	12 January 1810
United Kingdom
Name	Wellington
Acquired	12 January 1810 by capture
Fate	Broken up 1812
General characteristics [1][2]
Displacement	352 tons
Tons burthen	31236⁄94
Length	27.61 m (90.6 ft) (overall) 25.66 m (84.2 ft)
Beam	8.45 m (27.7 ft)
Draught	3.55 m (11.6 ft) (unloaded)
Depth of hold	4.22 m (13.8 ft)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	French Navy: 94 RN:100
Armament	1805: 12 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 32-pounder carronades 1807:14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 8-pounder chase guns Royal Navy:14 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

Oreste was a 16-gun brig, the name ship of her class. She had been built to a design by Notaire Granville and was launched at Le Havre in 1805. The British captured her in 1810, renamed her HMS Wellington, but never commissioned her. She was broken up in 1812.