French corvette Hussard (1799)

Hussard

History
France
Name	Hussard or Hussar
Builder	Bayonne
Launched	c. January 1799
Captured	20 August 1799
Great Britain
Name	Surinam
Acquired	20 August 1799 by capture
Captured	23 June 1803
Batavian Republic
Name	Suriname
Acquired	23 June 1803 by capture
Captured	1 January 1807
United Kingdom
Name	Surinam or Sasnarang
Acquired	1 January 1807 by capture
Fate	Struck from lists 1809
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	corvette or sloop
Tons burthen	413 (bm); 417½ (by calculation)[1]
Length	Overall: 105 ft 2 in (32.05 m) Keel: 86 ft 3 in (26.3 m)
Beam	30 ft 2 in (9.19 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft 5 in (2.57 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	sloop
Complement	French service:142 British service: 121
Armament	French service: 20 × 9-pounder guns British service: 18 × 6-pounder guns Dutch service: 22 guns

The 20-gun French corvette Hussard (or Hussar) was launched in 1799 and the British captured her that same year when they captured Suriname. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Surinam, as there was already an HMS Hussar. The Dutch captured her in 1803, naming her Suriname, but the British recaptured her in 1807 and sent her to Britain. Thereafter she never again served on active duty. She disappeared from the Navy lists in 1809, but her fate is unknown.