French corvette Revenant

Revenant
Detail of Combat de Grand Port, by Pierre Julien Gilbert, Musée national de la marine. Victor (ex-Revenant) is visible in the background.
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameRevenant
NamesakeRevenant (French: "ghost")
BuilderSaint-Malo
Launched1807
AcquiredJuly 1808 by French Navy
RenamedIéna September 1808
FateCaptured on 8 October 1808
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameVictor
Acquired8 October 1808
Captured2 November 1809
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameVictor
Acquired2 November 1809 by capture
Captured3 December 1810
FateBroken up
General characteristics
TypeCorvette
Displacement300 tons (French)
Tons burthenc.400[1]
Length36 meters
Beam9 meters
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Speedup to 12 knots
Armament

Revenant was a 20-gun privateer corvette, launched in 1807, and designed by Robert Surcouf for commerce raiding. The French Navy later requisitioned her and renamed her Iéna, after Napoleon's then-recent victory at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt. The British captured her in 1808 and she served in the Royal Navy as HMS Victor. The French Navy recaptured her in 1809, taking her back into service under the new name. The British again captured her when they took Isle de France (now Mauritius) in December 1810. They did not restore her to service, and she was subsequently broken up.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), pp. 272–273.