French corvette Berceau (1794)

Berceau
History
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NameBerceau
BuilderLorient
Laid downDecember 1793
Launched12 July 1794
In serviceJuly 1794
Captured12 October 1800
FateBroken up in 1804
General characteristics [1]
Length33.45 m (109.7 ft)
Beam9.1 m (30 ft)
Draught4.6 m (15 ft)
PropulsionSails
Sail planShip
Complement180>
Armament
  • Originally: 22 × 8-pounder guns
  • 1797: 2 × 36-pounder obusiers added
  • 1800:A further 6 × 36-pounder obusiers added

Berceau was a 22-gun corvette of the French Navy, built to a design by Jacques-Noël Sané, and launched in 1794. The Americans captured her in 1800 but restored her to France the next year. She then served in the Indian Ocean before returning to Spain, where she was broken up in 1804.