French corvette Lynx (1804)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Lynx and HMS Heureux.

Lynx
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameLynx
Ordered21 February 1803
BuilderJean Baudry,[1] Bayonne
Laid downMay 1803
Launched17 April 1804
Commissioned14 June 1804
Captured21 January 1807
United Kingdom
NameHeureux[2]
Stricken1814
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "28 Nov. Boat Service 1808"[3]
FateSold 1814
General characteristics [4]
TypeLynx-class brig
Displacement402 tons[1]
Tons burthen33648⁄94 (bm)
Length93 ft 10 in (28.60 m) (gundeck); 78 ft 8+3⁄8 in (23.987 m)
Beam29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Depth of hold8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Sail planBrig rigged
ComplementFrench service:94 men[1] British service:100
Armament
  • French service: 16 × 6-pounder guns
  • British service: 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers + 14 × 24-pounder carronades

Lynx (or Linx) was a 16-gun brig of the French Navy, name ship of her two-vessel class of brigs, and launched at Bayonne on 17 April 1804. The British captured her in 1807 and named her HMS Heureux. After service in the Caribbean that earned her crew two medals, including one for a boat action in which her captain was killed, she was laid up in 1810 and sold in 1814.

  1. ^ a b c Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 214.
  2. ^ HMS Heureux, Naval Database
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LG20939 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 318.