HMS Alert (1793)

Alert
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Alert
Ordered	18 February 1793
Builder	John Randall & Co., Rotherhithe
Laid down	April 1793
Launched	8 October 1793
Commissioned	October 1793
Captured	14 May 1794
France
Name	Alerte
Acquired	By capture May 1794
Fate	Destroyed 23 August 1794
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type	Pylades-class ship-sloop
Displacement	280 tons (French)
Tons burthen	36516⁄94[1] (bm)
Length	105 ft 3 in (32.1 m) (overall); 86 ft 9+1⁄2 in (26.5 m) (keel)
Beam	28 ft 1+1⁄2 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	HMS: 125[1] French service: 125–130[2]
Armament	HMS: 16 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × ½-pounder swivel guns French service: Unchanged
Armour	Timber

HMS Alert was launched in 1793 for the Royal Navy. In May 1794 the French Navy captured her and took her into service as Alerte. A few months later the Royal Navy destroyed her.