French corvette Sylphe (1804)

Sylphe

1/36 scale model of Cygne, sister-ship of Sylphe, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris
History
France
Name	Sylphe
Namesake	Sylph
Ordered	7 March 1803
Builder	Pierre-Joseph Pénétraut, Dunkirk[1]
Laid down	10 June 1803
Launched	9 July 1804
Captured	18 August 1808
United Kingdom
Name	Seagull
Acquired	August 1808 by capture
Fate	Sold July 1814
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type	Abeille-class Brig[3]
Displacement	374
Tons burthen	342 68⁄94 (bm)
Length	98 ft 5 in (30.0 m) (overall); 79 ft 11+5⁄8 in (24.4 m) (keel)
Beam	28 ft 4+5⁄8 in (8.7 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 10 in (3.9 m)
Complement	98 (French service)
Armament	Initially:16 × 6-pounder guns February 1806: 10 × 6-pounder guns + 6 × 16-pounder carronades From 1807: 16 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder guns
Armour	Timber

Sylphe was an Abeille-class 16-gun brig-corvette of the French Navy. The class was built to a design by François Pestel. The British captured her in 1807 and took her into the Royal Navy as HMS Seagull, but apparently never used her in any capacity. She was sold in 1814.