&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Combat_du_Renard-5108.jpg) Fight between Renard and HMS Swallow
(drawing by Paris, engraving by Chabannes) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Renard |
| Namesake | fox |
| Builder | Genoa Dockyard [1] |
| Laid down | November 1808 |
| Launched | 12 May 1810 |
| Commissioned | 13 June 1810 |
| Fate | Seized by the British in 1814 with the capitulation of Genoa |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Abeille-class brig |
| Displacement | 350 ton (French) |
| Length | 32 m (105 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
| Complement | 84 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
Renard was an Abeille-class 16-gun brig of the French Navy, launched in 1810 in Genoa. She is known for her battle against the brig HMS Swallow, one of the early feats of then-Lieutenant Charles Baudin.